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Cry Freedom
1987, Nov 06
2h 37m
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
Directed by
Richard Attenborough
Denzel Washington
Steve Biko
Penelope Wilton
Wendy Woods
Kevin Kline
Donald Woods
Julian Glover
Don Card
Judy Cornwell
Receptionist
Timothy West
Capt. De Wet
Nick Tate
Pilot
Kevin McNally
Ken
Gwyneth Powell
Girl at Funeral
Richard Attenborough
John Hargreaves
Bruce
Hepburn Graham
Soga
Josette Simon
Dr Ramphele
Miles Anderson
Lemick
Carl Chase
Policeman
Gwyneth Strong
Girl at Funeral
Kate Hardie
Jane Woods
Garrick Hagon
McElrea
Joseph Marcell
Moses
Gerald Sim
Police Doctor
William Marlowe
Police Sergeant
James Aubrey
2nd Passport Control Officer
Ian Richardson
State Prosecutor
John Thaw
Kruger
Zakes Mokae
Father Kani
Gwen Watford
Wendy's Mother
Tony Vogel
2nd Roadblock Policeman
Louis Mahoney
Lesotho Goverment Official
Alec McCowen
Acting High Comissioner
Peter Cartwright
Police Sergeant
John Matshikiza
Mapetla
Philip Bretherton
Major Boshoff
Karen Drury
Young Secretary
John Paul
Wendy's Father
Andrew McCulloch
Policeman Nel
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Nel's Partner
Glen Murphy
Guard
Robert Phillips
Speaker at Funeral
Gary Whelan
Guard
Paul Herzberg
Beukes
Michael Graham Cox
3rd Passport Control Officer
Badi Uzzaman
Mortician
Hilary Minster
1st Passport Control Officer
William Morgan Sheppard
Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)
Juanita Waterman
Ntsiki Biko
Paul Jerricho
Sergeant Louw
Shelley Borkum
Woods' Receptionist
Albert Ndinda
Alec
Evelyn Sithole
Nurse at Clinic
Xoliswa Sithole
Nurse at Clinic
James Coine
Young Boy
Wabei Siyolwe
Tenjy
Graeme Taylor
Dillon Woods
Sophie Mgcina
Evalina
Jim Findley
Peter Jones
Adam Stuart Walker
Duncan Woods
Hamish Stuart Walker
Gavin Woods
Spring Stuart Walker
Meg Woods
Patricia Gumede
Shebeen Queen
Angela Gavaza
Shebeen Queen's Niece
Nocebo Mlambo
Aunt
Walter Matemavi
Nephew
Clement Muchachi
Father
Ruth Chinamando
Mother
Basil Chidyamathamba
Brother-in-Law
Marcy Mushore
Niece
Alton Kumalo
Speaker
Lawrence Simbarashe
Informer
Tichatonga Mazhindu
Dilima
Neil McPherson
Lemick's Assistant
Claude Maredza
1st Rugby Player
Carlton Chance
2nd Rugby Player
Russell Keith Grant
2nd Security Guard
Munyaradzi Kanaventi
Samora Biko
George Lovell
Nkosinathi Biko
Niven Boyd
1st Roadblock Policeman
Christopher Hurst
3rd Roadblock Policeman
Dudley Dickin
Nationalist Party Delegate
David Trevena
Mortician
Fishoo Tembo
Biko's Brother
Peggy Marsh
Helen Suzman
Robert MacNamara
Security Policeman
Hans Sittig
Security Policeman
Kimpton Mativenga
Black Security Policeman
David Henry
Afrikaner Farmer
Michael Turner
Judge Boshoff
Mawa Makondo
Jason
Kalie Hanekom
Magistrate Prins
Star Ncube
1st Prisoner
Tommy Buson
Tami
Peter Cary
White Frontier Policeman
Dominic Kanaventi
Black Frontier Policeman
Sam Mathambo
Lesotho Passport Officer
Walter Muparutsa
Lesotho Businessman
John Hartley
4th Passport Control Officer
Simon Shumba
Young Lesotho Official
Marilyn Poole
Acting High Commissioner's Wife
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