''You Must Be Joking!'' is a 1986 South African

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film, directed by Elmo De Witt who also produced it with Hermann Visser in collaboration with Johan Scholtz. It stars Leon Schuster in his first feature role, Mike Schutte,

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, Golda Raff, Martino and Janine Pretorius. It became popular with South African audiences and gave rise to the sequel, '' You Must be Joking! Too''.

Synopsis

In a series of short

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, Leon Schuster uses candid camera and several disguises to stitch up the general public of South Africa. Such sketches include: *The

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test, where Leon shows that a watermelon is only ripe when it does not have a heartbeat, much to the confusion of the seller. *Cooking on the bonnet of a car, while upsetting the

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. *Supposedly killing a

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in a

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's shop.

Cast

* Leon Schuster * Mike Schutte *

* Golda Raff * Janine Pretorius *Martino

External links

* 1986 comedy films 1986 films South African comedy films Afrikaans-language films English-language South African films 1980s South African films {{SouthAfrica-film-stub