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Doodkry is Min (1961)

Doodkry is Min poster
Directed by
Jamie Uys
Genre
drama film
Country
South Africa
Runtime
1h 20m
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A 1961 Afrikaans drama set in South Africa. It was shown to a massive opening crowd at the Voortrekker Monument and drew millions of viewers across the country and abroad.

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What happens

Doodkry is Min is 'n Afrikaanse rolprent wat op 22 Mei 1961 uitgereik is. Jamie Uys was die vervaardiger, regisseur en skrywer. Jan Bruyns, Douglas Fuchs en Sann de Lange het die hoofrolle vertolk. Die rolprent se première was op 29 April 1961 in die amfiteater van die Voortrekkermonument in Pretoria voor 'n gehoor van 40 000 mense. Dit is as die grootste rolprent-gehoor nog in Suid-Afrika beskryf. Die destydse staatspresident C.R. Swart het die geleentheid bygewoon en die operasangeres Mimi Coertse het "O Boereplaas" gesing. In die eerste jaar is die rolprent by inrybioskope oor die land vertoon en het 'n miljoen mense dit na beraming gesien. Daarna is dit nog ongeveer 600 keer vertoon, ook in ander lande in Afrika en Europa, wat die kykerstal tot in 1978 op minstens twee miljoen te staan gebring het. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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