Underplayed Gems

Ongewenste Vreemdeling (1974)

Ongewenste Vreemdeling poster
Directed by
Jans Rautenbach
Genre
drama film
Country
South Africa
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

A story about a person who is seen as an unwanted stranger in a South African community. It follows the tension and difficulty of being an outsider in a close knit Afrikaans speaking setting.

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What happens

Ongewenste Vreemdeling (Étranger indésirable en français) est un film sud-africain en langue afrikaans, réalisé par Jans Rautenbach en 1974. Le film est basé sur une série radiophonique de C.F. Beyers-Boshoff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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