''Racheltjie de Beer'' is a 2019
Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...
film about a young Afrikaner girl,
Racheltjie de Beer in the
Voortrekker
The Great Trek ( af, Die Groot Trek; nl, De Grote Trek) was a Northward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyon ...
-era who sacrificed herself to save her brother. The director is Matthys Boshoff and the producer is Johan Kruger. The screenplay was written by Brett Michael Innes and Matthys Boshoff.
The film was produced in the
Eastern Free State (Fouriesburg area).
Cast
* Herman de Beer -
Stian Bam
* Racheltjie de Beer -
Zonika de Vries
* Jamie de Beer -
Johannes Jordaan
* George Lundt -
Marius Weyers
Marius Weyers (born 3 February 1945, in Johannesburg) is a South African actor. He lives with his wife Yvette, an artist in her own right, in Rooi-Els in the Western Cape. He received international attention playing Andrew Steyn, a bumbling s ...
The cast also includes
Sandra Prinsloo
Sandra Prinsloo (born 15 September 1947), also known as Sandra Prinzlow, is a South African actress best known internationally for her role as Kate Thompson in the 1980 film ''The Gods Must Be Crazy''. Prinsloo has also appeared in numerous Sou ...
and
Antoinette Louw.
Release
The film premiered at the Silver Screen Festival at
Camps Bay. Stian Bam won a Silver Screen Award for his performance as Racheltjie's father. It is scheduled to compete under the title ''Children of the Storm (Racheltjie de Beer)'' in the Narrative Competition at the
San Diego International Film Festival
The San Diego International Film Festival (SDIFF) is an independent film festival in San Diego, California produced by the non-profit San Diego Film Foundation. The main event has traditionally been held annually in the autumn at venues in the ...
in October 2020. The movie is also called Storm Riders for its North American release.
See also
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Racheltjie de Beer
*
List of Afrikaans-language films
This is a list of Afrikaans-language films. For a more comprehensive list see :Afrikaans-language films
1898
Pres. Paul Kruger filmed in front of his house in Pretoria, on his way to the council.
1916
* De Voortrekkers (first Afrikaans f ...
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Story Of Racheltjie De Beer
Afrikaans-language films
South African drama films
2019 drama films
2019 films