Directing

Elmo De Witt

Known for

Directing

Credits

35 titles

Known for

Die Wildtemmer poster
NR

Kobus le Grange, a game farmer moves onto his newly acquired farm, and wants to be left in peace to restore it. His neighbours who also want the farm will however not leave him in peace, and sabotage his efforts. One ray of hope, a developing love interest is intertwined with tragedy.

Die Wildtemmer

1973

Die Drie van der Merwes poster
NR

Koos van der Merwe disguises himself as Captain James van der Merwe to be with the daughter of a millionaire, but unbeknownst to Koos, James' twin brother is also about to arrive and confusion is bound to reach climax.

Die Drie van der Merwes

1970

You Must Be Joking! Too poster
6.0

This time, Leon Schuster plays a filmmaker who is making a candid camera movie, only to discover that another filmmaker has stolen his ideas and is making the identical picture. How so? It seems that the thieving rival is blackmailing Schuster´s girlfriend. With the help of his friends and an ingenious talking cap that he designed himself, the good director manages to outwit the baddie, get the girl and make the country laugh.

You Must Be Joking! Too

1987

No artwork available
3.7

Set in the outback of Africa's Okavango Delta, Wayne Garrison, a former Green Beret, dedicated to the conservation of the region, finds himself forced back into action

Wild Zone

1989

Debbie poster
NR

An innocent Afrikaans farm girl goes to the city and gets herself pregnant out of wedlock.

Debbie

1965

Accidents poster
6.0

A research scientist discovers that his project is being secretly adapted for use by the military. When he objects, his co-workers start to die in mysterious accidents.

Accidents

1989

Behind the camera

Die Wildtemmer poster
NR

Kobus le Grange, a game farmer moves onto his newly acquired farm, and wants to be left in peace to restore it. His neighbours who also want the farm will however not leave him in peace, and sabotage his efforts. One ray of hope, a developing love interest is intertwined with tragedy.

Die Wildtemmer

1973

Die Drie van der Merwes poster
NR

Koos van der Merwe disguises himself as Captain James van der Merwe to be with the daughter of a millionaire, but unbeknownst to Koos, James' twin brother is also about to arrive and confusion is bound to reach climax.

Die Drie van der Merwes

1970

You Must Be Joking! Too poster
6.0

This time, Leon Schuster plays a filmmaker who is making a candid camera movie, only to discover that another filmmaker has stolen his ideas and is making the identical picture. How so? It seems that the thieving rival is blackmailing Schuster´s girlfriend. With the help of his friends and an ingenious talking cap that he designed himself, the good director manages to outwit the baddie, get the girl and make the country laugh.

You Must Be Joking! Too

1987

No artwork available
3.7

Set in the outback of Africa's Okavango Delta, Wayne Garrison, a former Green Beret, dedicated to the conservation of the region, finds himself forced back into action

Wild Zone

1989

Debbie poster
NR

An innocent Afrikaans farm girl goes to the city and gets herself pregnant out of wedlock.

Debbie

1965

Debbie poster
NR

An innocent Afrikaans farm girl goes to the city and gets herself pregnant out of wedlock.

Debbie

1965

Accidents poster
6.0

A research scientist discovers that his project is being secretly adapted for use by the military. When he objects, his co-workers start to die in mysterious accidents.

Accidents

1989

No artwork available
NR

General de Wet asks Boer soldier and Kavalier leader Chris Botha to select 100 of his best men for a “suicide mission” behind enemy lines. First the Kavaliers steal ammunition from right under the noses of the British, and then they leave behind a note taunting the enemy about it.

Kavaliers

1966

No artwork available
5.0

South African Film

A Sunday in September

1976

No artwork available
5.0

South African Film

'n Beeld vir Jeannie

1976

No artwork available
5.0

South African Film

'n Beeld vir Jeannie

1976

No artwork available
NR

Danie Bosman is a civil servant dreaming of being a composer. But this is Depression-era South Africa and no one is interested in buying his music. Then, one day, someone hears a song he composed for his son.

Danie Bosman: The Story of the Greatest South African composer

1969

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

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

Tolla is Tops poster
8.0

Classic candid camera comedy, with South Africa's late storyteller and comedian, Tolla van der Merwe

Tolla is Tops

1990

No artwork available
NR

We meet the hero of this musical drama, Dolf Preller, being released on parole after spending two and a half years in prison. Stipulations for his parole are to stay out of trouble with the law, continue his studies at university and to come into contact with the rector on arriving on campus . Soon after his arrival he runs into Jan van Vollenhoven - the brother of the man he killed, which caused his jail sentence. Van Vollenhoven promises to make life very difficult for him. He also attracts the unwanted attention of Briers and Schoeman, two students that have been trying to pass their third year without success and have earned bad reputations for fooling around rather than doing any studying. He meets the lovely daughter of the rector and a special relationship soon develops between them. The rector, however, makes it clear that Preller is an unacceptable partner for his daughter.

Vergeet My Nie

1976

No artwork available
NR

We meet the hero of this musical drama, Dolf Preller, being released on parole after spending two and a half years in prison. Stipulations for his parole are to stay out of trouble with the law, continue his studies at university and to come into contact with the rector on arriving on campus . Soon after his arrival he runs into Jan van Vollenhoven - the brother of the man he killed, which caused his jail sentence. Van Vollenhoven promises to make life very difficult for him. He also attracts the unwanted attention of Briers and Schoeman, two students that have been trying to pass their third year without success and have earned bad reputations for fooling around rather than doing any studying. He meets the lovely daughter of the rector and a special relationship soon develops between them. The rector, however, makes it clear that Preller is an unacceptable partner for his daughter.

Vergeet My Nie

1976

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

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

Liefste Veertjie poster
NR

"Liefste Veertjie" is based on the popular novel "Waar Die Liefde Begin" by Chris Heyns and is about the developing romance between Peet, a medical student in his final year, and Elaine, a cute freshman. Elaine's father is Dean of the Medical Faculty, very successful in his profession and by no means impressed with his daughter's actions.

Liefste Veertjie

1975

Enemy Unseen poster
4.0

A couple of young scientists, Mel Noble and Roxeanne Tangent, travel to an island in Africa thought to be deserted in search of crocodile life, when African Natives storm the camp and kidnap Roxeanne. Her father, Gordon hires Steiger and his team of investigators to track down the natives that worship crocodiles as sacred animals. The problem is: they can't be seen. With natives in the jungles and crocodiles in the waters, Steiger and his crew must fight to survive and save Roxeanne from being sacrificed in a gruesome ritual with an "Enemy Unseen."

Enemy Unseen

1989

Enemy Unseen poster
4.0

A couple of young scientists, Mel Noble and Roxeanne Tangent, travel to an island in Africa thought to be deserted in search of crocodile life, when African Natives storm the camp and kidnap Roxeanne. Her father, Gordon hires Steiger and his team of investigators to track down the natives that worship crocodiles as sacred animals. The problem is: they can't be seen. With natives in the jungles and crocodiles in the waters, Steiger and his crew must fight to survive and save Roxeanne from being sacrificed in a gruesome ritual with an "Enemy Unseen."

Enemy Unseen

1989

You Must Be Joking! poster
5.5

In a series of short skits, Leon Schuster uses candid camera and several disguises to stitch up the general public of South Africa. Such sketches include: The watermelon pulse 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 traffic police. Supposedly killing a cow in a butcher's shop.

You Must Be Joking!

1986

Vengeance Cops poster
6.5

The police discover trace the perpetrators of a bank robbery to a group of organized criminals. The criminals attempt to use the sister of a deceased gang member to infiltrate the cops, but when she learns the gang was responsible for her brothers' death, she turns coat and assists the police in foiling the gang's plans.

Vengeance Cops

1971

Grensbasis 13 poster
NR

A story about a fictional South African police base on the border between Angola and the former South West Africa. While patrolling, a mail convoy is ambushed and most of the soldiers are shot. The captain is rescued, but one of his constables is taken prisoner. The constable’s sister is also the captain’s girlfriend. GRENSBASIS 13 (Border Post 13) tells the story of the captain’s suspenseful and action-filled rescue attempt in order to bring his sweetheart’s brother home.

Grensbasis 13

1979

Grensbasis 13 poster
NR

A story about a fictional South African police base on the border between Angola and the former South West Africa. While patrolling, a mail convoy is ambushed and most of the soldiers are shot. The captain is rescued, but one of his constables is taken prisoner. The constable’s sister is also the captain’s girlfriend. GRENSBASIS 13 (Border Post 13) tells the story of the captain’s suspenseful and action-filled rescue attempt in order to bring his sweetheart’s brother home.

Grensbasis 13

1979

The Last Lion poster
10.0

Terminally ill millionaire tries to kill a lion before he dies.

The Last Lion

1972

No artwork available
NR

A drama full of intrigue and conflict about a ambitious medical student and his experience with love, drugs and communism.

See You Tomorrow

1970

No artwork available
NR

A drama full of intrigue and conflict about a ambitious medical student and his experience with love, drugs and communism.

See You Tomorrow

1970

Hear my song poster
NR

After a car accident, singing surgeon Dr Dawid Retief learns he will be blind within two years, while his daughter is paralyzed. In order to raise money for Marietjie's treatment in the United States Retief starts doing concerts.

Hear my song

1967

Hear my song poster
NR

After a car accident, singing surgeon Dr Dawid Retief learns he will be blind within two years, while his daughter is paralyzed. In order to raise money for Marietjie's treatment in the United States Retief starts doing concerts.

Hear my song

1967

Satanskoraal poster
NR

The film's plot revolves around a rich playboy and an expert in coral who helps scientists to discover chunks of coral missing off the Mozambican coast

Satanskoraal

1959

No artwork available
8.0

Armant du Mont, a wealthy landowner in Nantes, confronts his troubled past when a young man seeks work on his estate. Despite initial tensions, the young man's hard work and a budding romance force Du Mont to confront his own history.

Geheim van Nantes

1969

Snip en Rissiepit poster
NR

This is a romantic drama about class and expectations, set on a university campus. Two Pretoria students, Joerie Anker (Snip) and Christina Burger (Rissiepit), are in love – to the chagrin of Christina’s better-off parents. Her mother thinks Joerie is not good enough for her daughter and her father, an influential member of the university hierarchy, threatens to have his grant suspended if he doesn't stop seeing his daughter. Parental pressure forces Christina to sever ties with Joerie and she starts seeing the arrogant Piet Stadler. But their relationship is doomed because of Piet’s intense jealousy of Joerie who, he believes, is still the love of Christina’s life. Piet vents his anger on Joerie and Christina when he bumps them off a bridge one night after the two have been out in Joerie’s jalopy. While Christina comes away with light injuries, Joerie has to fight for his life.

Snip en Rissiepit

1973

No artwork available
NR

South African Film

A New Life

1971