Frank Opperman

The Stick (1988)

A squad (stick) of South African soldiers is sent into the bush to track down some rebel fighters when things take a supernatural turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Greg Latter  •  Sean Taylor  •  Frantz Dobrowsky  •  James Whyle

A squad (stick) of South African soldiers is sent into the bush to track down some rebel fighters when things take a supernatural turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Greg Latter  •  Sean Taylor  •  Frantz Dobrowsky  •  James Whyle

Wild Maneuvres (1985)

Military-Comedy. Sequel to "Boetie gaan border toe". Boetie (Translated into English as 'Buddy' or "Brother") wants to win his girlfriend Liza back, who just dumped him. With the help of some money, he engineers that she is assigned as reporter to the planned ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Regardt van den Bergh
CAST:  Arnold Vosloo  •  Janie du Plessis  •  Ian Roberts  •  Paul Slabolepszy

Military-Comedy. Sequel to "Boetie gaan border toe". Boetie (Translated into English as 'Buddy' or "Brother") wants to win his girlfriend Liza back, who just dumped him. With the help of some money, he engineers that she is assigned as reporter to the planned ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Regardt van den Bergh
CAST:  Arnold Vosloo  •  Janie du Plessis  •  Ian Roberts  •  Paul Slabolepszy

Durban Poison (2013)

Twenty seven years after his UCLA graduate thesis film Shot Down was banned in his home country and went on to festival acclaim and cult status, writer-director Andrew Worsdale returns with this noir romance set among the marginalised white underclass. The film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Worsdale
CAST:  Brandon Auret  •  Gys de Villiers  •  Danny Keogh  •  Frank Opperman

Twenty seven years after his UCLA graduate thesis film Shot Down was banned in his home country and went on to festival acclaim and cult status, writer-director Andrew Worsdale returns with this noir romance set among the marginalised white underclass. The film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Worsdale
CAST:  Brandon Auret  •  Gys de Villiers  •  Danny Keogh  •  Frank Opperman

Jozi (2010)

James is a successful comedy writer. There is only one small problem, he lives in Johannesburg and has completely and utterly lost his sense of humour.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Freimond
CAST:  Carl Beukes  •  Lionel Newton  •  Lindiwe Matshikiza  •  Nick Boraine

James is a successful comedy writer. There is only one small problem, he lives in Johannesburg and has completely and utterly lost his sense of humour.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Freimond
CAST:  Carl Beukes  •  Lionel Newton  •  Lindiwe Matshikiza  •  Nick Boraine

Committed (1991)

A nurse is taken hostage by a patient pretending to be a doctor and is forced to administer to everyone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Levey
CAST:  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Robert Forster  •  Ron Palillo  •  Sydney Lassick

A nurse is taken hostage by a patient pretending to be a doctor and is forced to administer to everyone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Levey
CAST:  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Robert Forster  •  Ron Palillo  •  Sydney Lassick

Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday (1998)

A ship captained by the father of the leader of Delta Force is taken hostage by terrorists. As might be expected the force is sent in to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yossi Wein
CAST:  Michael McGrady  •  John Simon Jones  •  Robert Patteri  •  Todd Jensen

A ship captained by the father of the leader of Delta Force is taken hostage by terrorists. As might be expected the force is sent in to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yossi Wein
CAST:  Michael McGrady  •  John Simon Jones  •  Robert Patteri  •  Todd Jensen

Ernest Goes to Africa (1997)

The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After the bad guys come looking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cherry
CAST:  Jim Varney  •  Linda Kash  •  Jamie Bartlett  •  Claire Marshall

The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After the bad guys come looking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cherry
CAST:  Jim Varney  •  Linda Kash  •  Jamie Bartlett  •  Claire Marshall

Hond se Dinges (2009)

A mad-cap Afrikaans comedy set in a small town on the platteland. The plot revolves around a dog, and a diamond, and the assorted people who would like very much to get their hands on that diamond.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Ivan Botha  •  Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots  •  Frank Opperman  •  Marcel Van Heerden

A mad-cap Afrikaans comedy set in a small town on the platteland. The plot revolves around a dog, and a diamond, and the assorted people who would like very much to get their hands on that diamond.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Ivan Botha  •  Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots  •  Frank Opperman  •  Marcel Van Heerden

Vaatjie gets owned (2008)

The misadventures Vaatjie Venter, a talented pastry chef and the top student at the hotel school where he is training. Vattjie becomes the lead candidate to win a scholarship to train under world famous master chef Pierre Cousteau in Paris. But Vaatjie's charmed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willie Esterhuizen
CAST:  Gerhard Odendaal  •  Andrew Thompson  •  Willie Esterhuizen  •  Lizz Meiring

The misadventures Vaatjie Venter, a talented pastry chef and the top student at the hotel school where he is training. Vattjie becomes the lead candidate to win a scholarship to train under world famous master chef Pierre Cousteau in Paris. But Vaatjie's charmed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willie Esterhuizen
CAST:  Gerhard Odendaal  •  Andrew Thompson  •  Willie Esterhuizen  •  Lizz Meiring

Dis Koue Kos, Skat (2016)

When Clara Brand discovers that her husband is cheating on her with her friend and colleague, she plots her revenge, all the while juggling new friendships, new romances and the rediscovery of her passion for food.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Etienne Fourie
CAST:  Anna-Mart van der Merwe  •  Deon Lotz  •  Elsabe Zietsman  •  Frank Opperman

When Clara Brand discovers that her husband is cheating on her with her friend and colleague, she plots her revenge, all the while juggling new friendships, new romances and the rediscovery of her passion for food.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Etienne Fourie
CAST:  Anna-Mart van der Merwe  •  Deon Lotz  •  Elsabe Zietsman  •  Frank Opperman

Dominee Tienie (2018)

After sixteen years as the reverend of the mother church, Tienie Benade is confronted with a steep decline in the number of churchgoers and a modern society that is rapidly changing. Do clergymen, or even the church, still have a role to play in this world? He is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sallas de Jager
CAST:  Frank Opperman  •  Henriëtta Gryffenberg  •  Thapelo Mokoena

After sixteen years as the reverend of the mother church, Tienie Benade is confronted with a steep decline in the number of churchgoers and a modern society that is rapidly changing. Do clergymen, or even the church, still have a role to play in this world? He is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sallas de Jager
CAST:  Frank Opperman  •  Henriëtta Gryffenberg  •  Thapelo Mokoena

Boetie Goes to the Border (1984)

Boetie is the type of guy who will do anything to get out of military service. Until his father makes him an offer he can't refuse. Its a story of a rich kid who learns the value of being a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Regardt van den Bergh
CAST:  Arnold Vosloo  •  Eric Nobbs  •  Frank Dankert  •  Kelsey Middleton

Boetie is the type of guy who will do anything to get out of military service. Until his father makes him an offer he can't refuse. Its a story of a rich kid who learns the value of being a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Regardt van den Bergh
CAST:  Arnold Vosloo  •  Eric Nobbs  •  Frank Dankert  •  Kelsey Middleton

Orkney Snork Nie 2 (1993)

The second movie based on a South African sitcom by the same name.They celebrate their new found richness in style but soon lose more than they had won. Scam artists rob and deceive them.The mine fires them and their wives won't allow them to come home. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Zack du Plessis  •  Annette Engelbrecht  •  Pierre van Pletzen  •  Frank Opperman

The second movie based on a South African sitcom by the same name.They celebrate their new found richness in style but soon lose more than they had won. Scam artists rob and deceive them.The mine fires them and their wives won't allow them to come home. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Zack du Plessis  •  Annette Engelbrecht  •  Pierre van Pletzen  •  Frank Opperman

Kaalgat Tussen Die Daisies (1997)

After a dispute with a local dentist, a minister is thrown out of his church, and finds himself an unemployed White Afrikaner Male. Desperate for work, he accepts a job as a manager in a men's club, which allows gambling, stripping and drinking - by the customers. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koos Roets
CAST:  Gys de Villiers  •  Zack du Plessis  •  Frank Opperman  •  Soli Philander

After a dispute with a local dentist, a minister is thrown out of his church, and finds himself an unemployed White Afrikaner Male. Desperate for work, he accepts a job as a manager in a men's club, which allows gambling, stripping and drinking - by the customers. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koos Roets
CAST:  Gys de Villiers  •  Zack du Plessis  •  Frank Opperman  •  Soli Philander

Nobody Dies (2019)

A side-splitting action comedy, with a series of unfortunate events happening to a very unfortunate and mediocre man. Daniel Niemand is the kind of dumpy little sad-sack that even flies wouldn't care to buzz around. And that's on a good day. But all that's about to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Krog
CAST:  Frank Opperman  •  Tim Theron  •  Marlee van der Merwe  •  James Borthwick

A side-splitting action comedy, with a series of unfortunate events happening to a very unfortunate and mediocre man. Daniel Niemand is the kind of dumpy little sad-sack that even flies wouldn't care to buzz around. And that's on a good day. But all that's about to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Krog
CAST:  Frank Opperman  •  Tim Theron  •  Marlee van der Merwe  •  James Borthwick

Bombs! (1916)

A World War 1 slapstick comedy from Keystone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Griffin
CAST:  Charles Murray  •  Louise Fazenda  •  Mary Thurman  •  Harry Booker

A World War 1 slapstick comedy from Keystone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Griffin
CAST:  Charles Murray  •  Louise Fazenda  •  Mary Thurman  •  Harry Booker