Acting

Jan Bruyns

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

Jan Bruyns is known for Zulu Dawn (1979), Forever Young, Forever Free (1975) and Lost in the Desert (1969).

Known for

Zulu Dawn poster
6.1

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

Zulu Dawn

1979

The Hellions poster
6.7

Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his family have a problem with the new police sergeant Sam Hargis (Richard Todd) so they take over a small Transvaal town with the attention of drawing Hargis into a showdown. Hargis tries to get back up from the townsfolk who do not want to know, so is forced to lay low. As things get out of hand one of the Billings boys takes an interest in the storekeeper's wife, Priss Dobbs (Anne Aubrey). Having had enough her husband, Ernie (Jamie Uys) takes up the gun and heads down the main street alone. An act that prompts Hargis to join him. Slowly, the townsfolk turn up to back them up.

The Hellions

1961

No artwork available
NR

Remake of Daar Doer in die Bosveld

Die Bosvelder

1958

Doodkry is Min poster
NR

The story about the evolution of the Afrikaans-language.

Doodkry is Min

1961

Seven Against the Sun poster
7.5

In February of 1941, South African troops are in action against the Italian forces on the northern frontier of Kenya. An Italian invasion, aimed at pushing the Allied Forces out of Central and East Africa, is imminent. The South African Command realizes it has no forces at its disposal capable of stopping the Italian objective, so they resort to a grand bluff...

Seven Against the Sun

1964

Forever Young, Forever Free poster
7.8

A poignant tale of friendship and resilience between two South African children, Tsepo and Jannie, set against the contrasting backdrops of rural Africa and 1970s New York City. Their bond faces trials as they navigate the challenges of injury and the quest for healing.

Forever Young, Forever Free

1975

Film credits

1970s · 9 titles

Zulu Dawn poster
6.1

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

Zulu Dawn

1979

Forever Young, Forever Free poster
7.8

A poignant tale of friendship and resilience between two South African children, Tsepo and Jannie, set against the contrasting backdrops of rural Africa and 1970s New York City. Their bond faces trials as they navigate the challenges of injury and the quest for healing.

Forever Young, Forever Free

1975

No artwork available
5.0

South African Film

'n Beeld vir Jeannie

1976

Place Under the Sun poster
7.0

A dreaded sickness destroys Karen Viljoen life as rich man's wife. She is diagnosed as leprous. While Karen is in the Westford hospital with her sickness, her husband Otto finds solace with his secretary. To top it all Karen's son is taken away from her. Her doctor, Tertius Louw, intervenes just in time.

Place Under the Sun

1979

No artwork available
10.0

A new arrival to a mental institute is ostracised by the other patients, until they use him as a scapegoat when another patient dies.

Farewell Johnny

1970

The Square poster
NR

A traditional famer seen as the new voice of Afrikaners. He crumbles when his wife leaves him for another man

The Square

1975

No artwork available
NR

Sequel to 'Môre, Môre'. Eight years after the incident in which Dewald tried to kill a teacher with a javelin when he was a schoolboy, he returns to the town to report on an election campaign.

Kwikstertjie

1974

No artwork available
NR

A Dutch Reformed Church minister from Swartruggens falls in love with a nurse. When it becomes known that the nurse is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, the minister's church council is not at all pleased with the relationship. To complicate matters further, a married doctor also falls in love with the girl.

Ter wille van Christine

1975

Geluksdal poster
NR

"Dam Bouers" is Coming to Gluksdal to Build a Dam, Everyone is for it Except Pinkie and Her Father Because the Dam is going to Flood their Farm

Geluksdal

1974

1960s · 7 titles

The Hellions poster
6.7

Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his family have a problem with the new police sergeant Sam Hargis (Richard Todd) so they take over a small Transvaal town with the attention of drawing Hargis into a showdown. Hargis tries to get back up from the townsfolk who do not want to know, so is forced to lay low. As things get out of hand one of the Billings boys takes an interest in the storekeeper's wife, Priss Dobbs (Anne Aubrey). Having had enough her husband, Ernie (Jamie Uys) takes up the gun and heads down the main street alone. An act that prompts Hargis to join him. Slowly, the townsfolk turn up to back them up.

The Hellions

1961

Doodkry is Min poster
NR

The story about the evolution of the Afrikaans-language.

Doodkry is Min

1961

Seven Against the Sun poster
7.5

In February of 1941, South African troops are in action against the Italian forces on the northern frontier of Kenya. An Italian invasion, aimed at pushing the Allied Forces out of Central and East Africa, is imminent. The South African Command realizes it has no forces at its disposal capable of stopping the Italian objective, so they resort to a grand bluff...

Seven Against the Sun

1964

No artwork available
10.0

It’s 1901, and at Stilhoek the British are planning to cut off a Boer garrison based in the Free State. An officer ordered to find sympathetic local farmers befriends quiet-spoken Sarel Gereke.

Die Ruiter in die Nag

1963

No artwork available
NR

Planning their 25th wedding anniversary, the Van der Merwes realise that their marriage certificate is lost. When they go to the relevant government department, they discover that there is no record of their marriage. Because there is no legal proof of their union, the couple has in a sense been living in sin. Magriet will have none of it and moves into a motel--either she must be made an honest woman once and for all, or 25 years of marriage go out of the window. In the meantime, Grandpa arrives with his pet goat in tow and only his grandson to appreciate him.

As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is!

1962

No artwork available
NR

The ups and downs of Tant Ewwie Bruwer, who's house "Onze Rust" is open for everyone, but with her good-heartedness it creates problems upon problems

Huis op Horings

1963

No artwork available
9.0

In the aftermath of the South African War, Flip Lourens helps Daan le Roux against a vengeful gang led by Kurt Bester. They stand up against corruption and violence in a town where odds are stacked against them

Voor Sononder

1962

1950s · 5 titles