Acting

Louis Van Niekerk

Born 1935-06-27 · South Africa

Acting credits

In My Country poster
6.0

An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.

In My Country

2004

Goodbye Bafana poster
6.9

The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

Goodbye Bafana

2007

Tawwe Tienies poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tawwe Tienies

1984

No artwork available
NR

South African military film. Currently does not have a VHS or DVD release

The Saboteurs

1974

Ladygrey poster
4.4

Estelle fights to maintain her sense of self while sleeping with Angus for money.

Ladygrey

2015

The Fourth Reich poster
6.0

Robey Leibbrandt was a South African boxer who became fascinated with Nazi ideology during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In1939 he led an operation to overthrow the pro-Allied government of General Jan Smuts.

The Fourth Reich

1990

Inside poster
4.8

A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.

Inside

1996

Damned River poster
5.7

A group hires a guide to take them whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Africa, but what they don't know is that the guide is actually a deranged psychotic killer.

Damned River

1989

No artwork available
NR

A farming family led by Grandpa Smit relocates to Cape Town in pursuit of a new life. Despite their limited means, their unity and unwavering pride become their pillars of strength.

Die Voortreflike Familie Smit

1965

No artwork available
10.0

Smith, the deaf and dumb son of a rural coloured preacher, refuses to accept the menial labour on offer in the small farming community where he’s grown up. He tries to earn a living in the city, but this ends in assault, and his return home sparks off a cycle of vengeful violence.

Jobman

1989

No artwork available
9.0

South African TV Movie

Heroes

1986

No artwork available
7.0

Tjokkie, his mother, and sister Tiemie live together on poverty row. Tjokkie has a gift of psychic ability and is prone to terrifying trances which allow him to see the future. His mother’s husband, a layabout called Giel Swart, sponges off her war pension. Meanwhile, Tiemie is in a relationship with an aggressive biker who has built a dangerous reputation around the suburbs.

Psychic in the Suburbs

1973

No artwork available
NR

South African Movie

Pressure Burst

1971

Susanna van Biljon poster
6.7

Rebecca Dreyer (Karen Zoid) is almost forty, lives with her mother (Marie du Toit) and works in a café in a small Karoo town. To escape her depressing life, Rebecca dreams of getting as far away as possible from her smothering mother and pursue the stardom her mother never experienced – that of a successful singer.

Susanna van Biljon

2010

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