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The Angel, the Bicycle and the Chinaman's Finger

English
Dec 11, 1992 · 1h 29m
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Comedy

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Based on Nicholas Ellenbogen's play of A Nativity, the trilingual (Afrikaans, English and Zulu) film tells a hilarious story about a government backed effort to put on a multiracial production of a play production of a nativity play by the local post office's staff in a tiny backwater village, on the eve of the new democracy.

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CAST

Brendan Grealy
Corrie Campbell
Ellis Pearson
Half-Jack
Madoda Ncayiyana
Sam (Matluputu)
Liz Szymczak
Monica
Greg Melvill-Smith
Cronin
Regardt van den Bergh
Major Claude du Plessis
Neill Solomon
Leek the Greek
Claire Wrogemann
Visstok (Miriam)
Directed by Nicholas Ellenbogen

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$59
Revenue
—
Production
M-Net, Sonneblom Films, Toron International
Country
ZA
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