Katinka Heyns

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

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A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jamie Uys
CAST:  N!xau  •  Michael Thys  •  Marius Weyers  •  Sandra Prinsloo

A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jamie Uys
CAST:  N!xau  •  Michael Thys  •  Marius Weyers  •  Sandra Prinsloo

Fiela's Child (1988)

The acclaimed drama based on Dalene Matthee´s award-winning novel. "Fiela se Kind" (Fiela's Child) is the story of a white foundling boy that is raised by a brown family. But the childs life changes irrevocably when white census officials discover him living ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Shaleen Surtie-Richards  •  André Rossouw  •  Lida Botha  •  Dawid Minnaar

The acclaimed drama based on Dalene Matthee´s award-winning novel. "Fiela se Kind" (Fiela's Child) is the story of a white foundling boy that is raised by a brown family. But the childs life changes irrevocably when white census officials discover him living ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Shaleen Surtie-Richards  •  André Rossouw  •  Lida Botha  •  Dawid Minnaar

The Miracle Worker (2012)

Die Wonderwerker tells the story of Eugène Marais, a famous Afrikaans writer, poet and researcher. The story focuses on the few months he spends on the Van Rooyen's farm, where he falls in love with the 19-year-old Jane Brayshaw.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Dawid Minnaar  •  Elize Cawood  •  Marius Weyers  •  Anneke Weidemann

Die Wonderwerker tells the story of Eugène Marais, a famous Afrikaans writer, poet and researcher. The story focuses on the few months he spends on the Van Rooyen's farm, where he falls in love with the 19-year-old Jane Brayshaw.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Dawid Minnaar  •  Elize Cawood  •  Marius Weyers  •  Anneke Weidemann

Farewell Johnny (1970)

A new arrival to a mental institute is ostracised by the other patients, until they use him as a scapegoat when another patient dies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jans Rautenbach
CAST:  Cobus Rossouw  •  Jill Kirkland  •  Hermien Dommisse  •  Don Leonard

A new arrival to a mental institute is ostracised by the other patients, until they use him as a scapegoat when another patient dies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jans Rautenbach
CAST:  Cobus Rossouw  •  Jill Kirkland  •  Hermien Dommisse  •  Don Leonard

The Story of Klara Viljee (1992)

This affirming story of one woman's struggle to free herself from the past, and how that affects the small fishing village where she lives, shows that faith can move mountains, or unmake them. When the seamstress Klara loses her father and her fiance at sea, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Michelle Scott  •  Anna-Mart van der Merwe  •  Regardt van den Bergh  •  Gavin Van Den Berg

This affirming story of one woman's struggle to free herself from the past, and how that affects the small fishing village where she lives, shows that faith can move mountains, or unmake them. When the seamstress Klara loses her father and her fiance at sea, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Michelle Scott  •  Anna-Mart van der Merwe  •  Regardt van den Bergh  •  Gavin Van Den Berg

Paljas (1998)

Follows the deterioration of an Afrikaner family isolated and shunned in the small community of Toorwater. Nothing seems to happen. Then a circus train loses its way and comes to rest in Toorwater, and a mysterious clown brings fresh magic to the stagnating family, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Marius Weyers  •  Aletta Bezuidenhout  •  Liezel van der Merwe  •  Larry Leyden

Follows the deterioration of an Afrikaner family isolated and shunned in the small community of Toorwater. Nothing seems to happen. Then a circus train loses its way and comes to rest in Toorwater, and a mysterious clown brings fresh magic to the stagnating family, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Marius Weyers  •  Aletta Bezuidenhout  •  Liezel van der Merwe  •  Larry Leyden

The Sergeant and the Tiger Moth (1974)

A young man and his girlfriend rebuild an old Tiger Moth with almost no money and parts they battle to find. Her father is totally set against this idea and does not like the boyfriend who claims to be a pilot but does not even have a proper pilot's license. To add ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koos Roets
CAST:  Tobie Cronje  •  George Ballot  •  Katinka Heyns

A young man and his girlfriend rebuild an old Tiger Moth with almost no money and parts they battle to find. Her father is totally set against this idea and does not like the boyfriend who claims to be a pilot but does not even have a proper pilot's license. To add ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koos Roets
CAST:  Tobie Cronje  •  George Ballot  •  Katinka Heyns