Cry Freedom
# The true story of the friendship that shook South Africa and awakened the world.
📜 Overview:
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
💵 Budget: USD
29,000,000
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
1987-11-06
⌚ Running Time:
157 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.0
Beloved Cast
Donald Woods
Kevin Kline
Steve Biko
Denzel Washington
Wendy Woods
Penelope Wilton
Jane Woods
Kate Hardie
Mapetla
John Matshikiza
Father Kani
Zakes Mokae
Kruger
John Thaw
Ken
Kevin McNally
Bruce
John Hargreaves
Ntsiki Biko
Juanita Waterman
Don Card
Julian Glover
Dr Ramphele
Josette Simon
Capt. De Wet
Timothy West
Lemick
Miles Anderson
State Prosecutor
Ian Richardson
Policeman Nel
Andrew McCulloch
Police Doctor
Gerald Sim
Guard
Gary Whelan
Guard
Glen Murphy
Police Sergeant
Peter Cartwright
Mortician
Badi Uzzaman
Girl at Funeral
Gwyneth Powell
Major Boshoff
Philip Bretherton
Acting High Comissioner
Alec McCowen
Moses
Joseph Marcell
Receptionist
Judy Cornwell
Wendy's Father
John Paul
Wendy's Mother
Gwen Watford
Police Sergeant
William Marlowe
Sergeant Louw
Paul Jerricho
Pilot
Nick Tate
Sub-Editor
Andrew Whaley
Woods' Receptionist
Shelley Borkum
Alec
Albert Ndinda
Nurse at Clinic
Evelyn Sithole
Nurse at Clinic
Xoliswa Sithole
Young Boy
James Coine
Tenjy
Wabei Siyolwe
2nd Roadblock Policeman
Tony Vogel
3rd Passport Control Officer
Michael Graham Cox
Soga
Hepburn Graham
Dillon Woods
Graeme Taylor
Evalina
Sophie Mgcina
Peter Jones
Jim Findley
McElrea
Garrick Hagon
Duncan Woods
Adam Stuart Walker
Gavin Woods
Hamish Stuart Walker
Meg Woods
Spring Stuart Walker
Shebeen Queen
Patricia Gumede
Shebeen Queen's Niece
Angela Gavaza
Aunt
Nocebo Mlambo
Nephew
Walter Matemavi
Father
Clement Muchachi
Mother
Ruth Chinamando
Brother-in-Law
Basil Chidyamathamba
Niece
Marcy Mushore
Speaker
Alton Kumalo
Informer
Lawrence Simbarashe
Policeman
Carl Chase
Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)
William Morgan Sheppard
Dilima
Tichatonga Mazhindu
Lemick's Assistant
Neil McPherson
1st Rugby Player
Claude Maredza
2nd Rugby Player
Carlton Chance
2nd Security Guard
Russell Keith Grant
Samora Biko
Munyaradzi Kanaventi
Nkosinathi Biko
George Lovell
Nel's Partner
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Young Secretary
Karen Drury
1st Roadblock Policeman
Niven Boyd
3rd Roadblock Policeman
Christopher Hurst
Nationalist Party Delegate
Dudley Dickin
Mortician
David Trevena
Speaker at Funeral
Robert Phillips
Biko's Brother
Fishoo Tembo
Helen Suzman
Peggy Marsh
Girl at Funeral
Gwyneth Strong
Beukes
Paul Herzberg
Security Policeman
Robert MacNamara
Security Policeman
Hans Sittig
Black Security Policeman
Kimpton Mativenga
Afrikaner Farmer
David Henry
Judge Boshoff
Michael Turner
Jason
Mawa Makondo
Magistrate Prins
Kalie Hanekom
1st Prisoner
Star Ncube
2nd Prisoner
David Guwaza
Tami
Tommy Buson
1st Passport Control Officer
Hilary Minster
2nd Passport Control Officer
James Aubrey
White Frontier Policeman
Peter Cary
Black Frontier Policeman
Dominic Kanaventi
Lesotho Passport Officer
Sam Mathambo
Lesotho Businessman
Walter Muparutsa
Lesotho Goverment Official
Louis Mahoney
4th Passport Control Officer
John Hartley
Young Lesotho Official
Simon Shumba
Acting High Commissioner's Wife
Marilyn Poole
