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Sandy The Seal
''Sandy the Seal'' is a 1965 British family film directed by Robert Lynn and starring Heinz Drache, Marianne Koch and Gert Van den Bergh. Produced and co-written by Harry Alan Towers, the film was shot in South Africa in Technicolor and Techniscope II with sequences shot on Seal Island, South Africa. The film was released in the UK by Tigon British Film Productions in 1969. Plot A lighthouse keeper finds an injured seal left by seal poachers. He brings the seal to his wife and two children who learn responsibility by looking after the seal who they name Sandy. Sandy accompanies the children on their adventures and activities and discovers the ship of the seal poachers who plan a return to the lighthouse keeper's island for more valuable pelts. Cast * Heinz Drache - Jan Van Heerden * Marianne Koch - Karen Van Heerden * David Richards - David * Anne Mervis - Anne * Gert Van den Bergh - Jacobson * Bill Brewer Bill Brewer is a British philosopher and Susan Stebbing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lynn (director)
Robert Lynn (9 July 1918 – 15 January 1982) was a British film and TV director. His TV work includes ''Interpol Calling'', ''Armchair Theatre'' and '' Captain Scarlet''. He also produced the classic children's film ''The Railway Children'' (1970). He was the son of actor Ralph Lynn. Selected filmography * ''Information Received'' (1961) * ''Two Letter Alibi'' (1962) * '' Postman's Knock'' (1962) * ''Victim Five'' (1964) * ''Coast of Skeletons'' (1964) * ''Mozambique'' (1965) * ''Change Partners'' (1965) * ''Sandy the Seal'' (1965, released 1969) * ''Eve Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the ...'' (1968) References External links * * 1918 births 1982 deaths British film directors People from Fulham {{UK-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Mervis
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |