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Dilemma (1962)

Dilemma (1962)

Drama
Release Date: 1962, October 4
Directors: Henning Carlsen
Countries: Denmark, South Africa
Cast: Zakes Mokae, Marijke Mann, Cocky Tlhotlhalemaje, Evelyn Frank, Ivan Jackson, Shirley Jeffery

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.

Keywords:

black and white south africa apartheid