''Jannie totsiens'' is a 1970

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film directed by

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and starring

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, Jill Kirkland and

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. A new arrival to a

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is ostracised by the other patients, until they use him as a

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when another patient dies. It has been viewed as representing an

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of South African society at the time.Tomaselli p.121

Main cast

Hermien Dommisse Hermien Dommisse (27 October 1915 – 24 March 2010) was a South African actress. Life Dommise was born in 1915. She made several films in South Africa including Die Kandidaat and Jannie totsiens. She was known for appearing in the long runnin ...

- Magda *

- Linda * Jill Kirkland - Liz *

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- George *

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- Jannie Pienaar *

* Dulcie Van den Bergh

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1970 films South African horror films 1970s mystery films Afrikaans-language films Films directed by Jans Rautenbach {{Mystery-film-stub