An Act of Defiance

Name: Bram Fischer
Genre: Biography
Released: 2017-03-01
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Peter Paul Muller, Antoinette Louw, José Domingos

Original title: Bram Fischer

2017
TV-14
2h 3m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

601

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Biography

In apartheid-ruled South Africa, a renowned lawyer struggles to hide his secret affiliation to the nation's chief resistance movement - as he takes on defending a group of its arrested membe... Read allIn apartheid-ruled South Africa, a renowned lawyer struggles to hide his secret affiliation to the nation's chief resistance movement - as he takes on defending a group of its arrested members, including its leader, Nelson Mandela.In apartheid-ruled South Africa, a renowned lawyer struggles to hide his secret affiliation to the nation's chief resistance movement - as he takes on defending a group of its arrested members, including its leader, Nelson Mandela.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

601

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 8 wins & 4 nominations

Trivia
For the South African release, the producers decided to dub Peter Paul Muller's (Bram Fischer) voice, as the they felt that his Dutch accent was too strong for the South African audience. His voice was dubbed by well known Afrikaans actor and director Andre Odendaal.

Goofs
At 1:33:53 there is a shot of a tape recorder playing a recording of a piano concerto. The unit is a Philips N4500 which was first manufactured in 1969, five years after the Rivonia Trial.

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Featured review

9/10

Fight against injustice, viewed from the angle of defence

One of the most impressing movies I've seen. Very good acting, realisting shooting. The situation of apartheid seen and experienced via the person of the lawyer defendimg Nelson Mandela and a number of others who were fighting for justice and humanity. In parallel the movie shows the tension between ambition on a society level and the simple desire to love your spouse and children.

The movie shows that dirty games are of all times. What it shows can easily be transcripted to the middle east comflict, the russion agression, the actual situation in Venzuela, and numerous inhumane situations caused by autocratic leaders or perverse laws.