''Circles in a Forest'' is a 1989 South African drama film directed by

Regardt van den Bergh Regardt van den Bergh is a South African film and television actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer . Recognition Regardt received the Ischia Global Award at the 7th Annual Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, Ischia Isc ...

and starring

Ian Bannen Ian Edmund Bannen (29 June 1928 – 3 November 1999) was a Scottish actor with a long career in film, on stage, and on television. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in '' The Flight of the Phoenix'' (1965), the first ...

Brion James Brion Howard James (February 20, 1945 – August 7, 1999) was an American character actor. He portrayed Leon Kowalski in ''Blade Runner'' and appeared in ''Southern Comfort'', '' 48 Hrs.'', ''Another 48 Hrs.'', '' Silverado'', ''Tango & Cash'', ' ...

and

Joe Stewardson Joe Stewardson was a South African film actor.Database (undated)"Stewardson, Joe" ''The British Film Institute Film and Television Database''. Accessed 12 August 2010. Career Partial filmography * ''All the Way to Paris'' (1965) * ''Wild ...

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Leonard Rosenman Leonard Rosenman (September 7, 1924 – March 4, 2008) was an American film, television and concert composer with credits in over 130 works, including ''East of Eden (film), East of Eden'', ''Rebel without a Cause'', ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Ho ...

. The film is adapted from

the novel ''The Novel'' (1991) is a novel written by American author James A. Michener. A departure from Michener's better known historical fiction, ''The Novel'' is told from the viewpoints of four different characters involved in the life and work of ...

Dalene Matthee Dalene Matthee (13 October 1938 – 20 February 2005) was a South African author best known for her four "Forest Novels", written in and around the Knysna Forest. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages, including English, Fren ...

Plot

Saul Barnard befriends an elephant as a child, and later goes back to rescue it as a man.

Cast

as MacDonald *

as Mr. Patterson * Dorette Potgieter as Jane *

as Joram Barnard *

Judi Trott Judi Trott (born 11 November 1962) is an English actress and is best known for her portrayal of the Lady Marion of Leaford in the popular 1980s TV series ''Robin of Sherwood''. Trott was born in Plymouth and started her career as a ballet danc ...

as Kate MacDonald *

Arnold Vosloo Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African-American actor. He is famous for roles such as Imhotep in ''The Mummy'' and ''The Mummy Returns'', Colonel Coetzee in ''Blood Diamond'', Pik van Cleef in ''Hard Target'', Dr. Peyton Westlake ...

as Saul Barnard

References

External links

* 1989 films 1989 crime drama films Afrikaans-language films Films scored by Leonard Rosenman Films about elephants Films directed by Regardt van den Bergh South African drama films {{1990s-drama-film-stub