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Cry, the Beloved Country is a British film of genre Drama directed by Zoltan Korda released in USA on 23 january 1952 with Canada Lee

Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)

Cry, the Beloved Country
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Released in USA 23 january 1952
Length 1h43
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating68% 3.4392753.4392753.4392753.4392753.439275

Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1951 British drama film directed by Zoltán Korda. Based on the novel of the same name by Alan Paton, it stars Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, and Charles Carson. This film was Canada Lee's last film.

Synopsis

In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city to search for his missing son Absolom, only to find his people living in squalor and Absolom a criminal after committing murder. Kumalo's friend and fellow minister, Reverend Misimangu (Sidney Poitier) is a young South African clergyman who helps find Kumalo's sons and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg. Both work together to confront the harsh reality of apartheid and what it is doing to both white and black South Africans.

Actors

Canada Lee

(Stephen Kumalo)Sidney Poitier

(Reverend Msimangu)Charles Carson

(James Jarvis)Geoffrey Keen

(Father Vincent)Joyce Carey

(Margaret Jarvis)
And :
Michael Goodliffe
Michael Golden
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