Dilemma

Overview

The story begins when Toby (Ivan Jackson), a young English businessman, arrives in South Africa to take charge of a publishing firm. He knows little about apartheid and so at first sees no contradiction in developing a relationship with an elite, upper-class white woman and with a woman dedicated to fighting apartheid. But as Toby makes friends with one of the black South Africans (Zaku Mokae), and as he registers both the subtle and more obvious, deep-seated racial prejudices of the minority white population, some of the truth of the oppression here begins to dawn. That is brought to a head when tragedy strikes.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 4, 1962

Original language

Danish

Spoken languages

English

Countries

Denmark, South Africa

Cast

Ivan Jackson,Cocky Tlhotlhalemaje,Gideon Nxomalo,Marijke Mann,Shirley Jeffery,Zakes Mokae,Evelyn Frank

Director

Henning Carlsen

Writer

Nadine Gordimer,Henning Carlsen,Max Roach,Gideon Nxomalo

Producer

Henning Carlsen,Bent Christensen

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0056702