''Die Kandidaat'' is a 1968 South African

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directed by

Jans Rautenbach Jans Rautenbach (22 February 1936 – 2 November 2016) was a South African screenwriter, film producer and director. His 1968 film '' Die Kandidaat'' proved controversial and received some censorship in South Africa, because of perceived criti ...

and starring Gert Van den Bergh, Marie Du Toit and

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. The film was regarded as critical of the

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system, and it faced some

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from the authorities.Tomaselli p.15

Cast

* Bernadette Da Silva - Jackie Smith * Hermien Dommisse - Anna Volschenk * Marie Du Toit - Paula Neethling * Roelf Jacobs - Jan Le Roux *

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- Krisjan * Jacques Loots - Reverend Peroldt * Cobus Rossouw - Anton Du Toit * Gert Van den Bergh - Lourens Niemandt *

- Kallie

References

Bibliography

* Tomaselli, Keyan. ''The cinema of apartheid: race and class in South African film''. Routledge, 1989.

External links

* Apartheid films 1968 films 1968 drama films Afrikaans-language films Films directed by Jans Rautenbach South African drama films {{SouthAfrica-film-stub