''Final Solution'' is a 2001 film set in
South Africa based on the real-life stories of Gerrit Wolfaardt and Moses Moremi, with themes of
morality,
tolerance
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, and
forgiveness
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. Written and directed by Cristóbal Krusen, the title of the film comes from the Nazi
Final Solution which was the inspiration of a plan with an
apartheid motive in the film.
Krusen said that the idea for making a film in South Africa first came to him in 1988 during the filming of Ropa Nueva para Felipe in Mexico. He made numerous trips to South Africa during the 1990s to observe firsthand race relations in the country and seek material for a story that would demonstrate radical transformation from hatred to love between former enemies.
Cast
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John Kani as Rev. Peter Lekota
* Jan Ellis as Gerrit Wolfaardt
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Langley Kirkwood
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as Pieter
* David S. Lee as Jan Oosthuizen
* Mpho Lovinga as Moses Moremi
*
Bruce Marchiano
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Early life
Marchiano was born in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 1956. His father is of ...
as Jake
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Regardt van den Bergh as Gerber
* Liezel van der Merwe as Celeste
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Marius Weyers as Mr. Wolfaardt
External links
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From One Blood - Garrit Wolfhaardt
Apartheid films
2001 films
2001 drama films
English-language South African films
Afrikaans-language films
Films shot in South Africa
South African drama films
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