Norman Anstey
Also Known As: Norman Ansty
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
Overview: A speculative biopic about Swedish UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, the anti-colonialist, allegedly queer diplomat who died under mysterious circumstances during the Cold War while trying to bring peace to the Congo.
Genres: Thriller Drama History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2023-12-25
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Angus Buchan's Ordinary People
Overview: The plot follows the individual journeys of three ordinary South African men in the build up to their attendance of the 2010 Mighty Men Conference, where their lives are forever changed by God's message for them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-05
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Babalas
Overview: Mia Moolman works for a Sandton-based event coordination company that has been commissioned by the department of Trade and Industry to create an event celebrating the most successful ad campaigns in South African history. The gala event will happen at Emperors Palace, and the CEO of the company, Theodore, has asked his employees to pitch ideas for the show and whoever comes up with the best idea will be awarded a promotion and a special bonus. Mia comes up with the idea to make the three guys from the old Castrol commercials, Boet, Swaer and Mogae, part of the show. Her boss eventually agrees to this, but Mia must go and find them in the Kalahari and bring them to Emperors Palace in time for the big gala event. Will she get them to the big show in time?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-02
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To the Death
Overview: Kickboxing champ Rick Quinn decides to retire from the ring, but his main adversary, Denard, wants him to fight again and murders Quinn's wife. Quinn suspects Denard, but can't do anything. Three month later, Quinn is jailed after a drunken bar brawl; a rich man named Le Braque bails him out and asks him to fight for him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-23
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Merchants of War
Overview: The heroes are best friends and commandos sent on a covert mission by the CIA. The mission is a success, but the two incur the wrath of the world's most feared terrorist, a fanatical Islamic, when they set out to do one last mission.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Goodbye Bafana
Overview: The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-11
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African Express
Overview: The adventures of three friends running an air charter business in Africa during WW II and their race to prevent a Nazi Baron from escaping to Germany with vital radar equipment.
Genres: War Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-01
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Space Mutiny
Overview: A pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.
Genres: Romance Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-01
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District 9
Overview: Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-05
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Scavengers
Overview: A college professor and his ex-girlfriend find themselves being hunted by the CIA, the KGB and an African drug smuggler. Seems they have inadvertently gotten information that would show how the KGB gave the CIA state secrets in return for a cut of the African drug-smuggling market.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-08
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The Revenger
Overview: When saxophonist Mike Teller's brother Mackie is killed before being able to deliver $500,000 to mob boss Jack Fisher, Mike is arrested as an accomplice and thrown into prison for five years. Upon his release, he finds Fisher has kidnapped his wife, Lisa, believing Mike has the stolen drug money. With the help of Mackie's old Vietnam war buddy, Harry Crawford, Mike and Harry rescue Lisa, but now have to escape the clutches of the mob in Harry's remote cabin. Will Jack Fisher retrieve his money or will Mike get his revenge?
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Reason to Die
Overview: A cop sets up his girlfriend as a target in order to trap a serial killer.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Surprise!
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-11
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River of Death
Overview: An adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the Lost City in the Amazon jungle. A motley crew of other people decide to join him for the wealth of the city, for reasons of their own. But to their horror they find out that they have bitten off more than they can chew, what with a Nazi doctor still using the place for his human experiments.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-29
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Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
Overview: An author who was sent to the town Drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mystery revolving around demons and werewolves. She starts seeing ghosts and dismisses them as her own imagination, but when they turn out to be real she becomes suspicious of the odd town and of its past.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-01
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Born Wild
Overview: A young documentary filmmaker working for a struggling television station travels to South Africa for work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-01
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It's Murphy's Fault
Overview: A down-on-his-luck, struggling writer hits rock bottom just when he meets a sexy policewoman. But bad luck seems to follow him like a lost puppy and just when things start looking up, a story sold, a new camper and a new love life, his adventure of misfortune begins again.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-01
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Second Skin
Overview: A man opens a small-town bookstore in order to escape his connections to a mobster, but is reluctantly drawn back to his dark past by a mysterious woman.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-22
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The Last Days of American Crime
Overview: In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-05
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Breathe
Overview: Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-13
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Winnie Mandela
Overview: A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-16
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Who Am I?
Overview: A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1998-01-17
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