Comedy · South Africa · 1992 · 1h 29m

The Angel, the Bicycle and the Chinaman's Finger

Director

Cast

Brendan Grealy as Corrie Campbell Ellis Pearson as Half-Jack Madoda Ncayiyana as Sam (Matluputu) Liz Szymczak as Monica Greg Melvill-Smith as Cronin Regardt van den Bergh as Major Claude du Plessis

Crew

Nicholas Ellenbogen — Writer John Cundill — Writer P.G. du Plessis — Writer Katinka Heyns — Producer

Tagline

English

Synopsis

Based on Nicholas Ellenbogen's play of A Nativity, the trilingual (Afrikaans, English and Zulu) film tells a hilarious story about a government backed effort to put on a multiracial production of a play production of a nativity play by the local post office's staff in a tiny backwater village, on the eve of the new democracy.

Key Collaborators

Nicholas Ellenbogen Director Koos Roets Director Nicholas Ellenbogen Writer John Cundill Writer P.G. du Plessis Writer Katinka Heyns Producer

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