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Feature film — 1968
The Burning (1968)
7.00h 32mDrama
Stephen Frears’ first film, "The Burning" is a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of their urgent warnings that an uprising is underway.
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Memorial Enterprises / BFI
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Director: Stephen Frears
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Cast & crew

Gwen Ffrangcon Davies
Gran
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Isobel Muller
Cook
M
Maxine Day
Nurse
C
Cosmo Pieterse
Chauffeur
M
Mark Baillie
Child
W
Walter Glennie
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