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The Candidate is a film of genre Drama directed by Jans Rautenbach with Marie Du Toit

The Candidate (1968)

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Die Kandidaat is a 1968 South African drama film directed by Jans Rautenbach and starring Gert Van den Bergh, Marie Du Toit and Regardt van den Bergh. The film was regarded as critical of the apartheid system, and it faced some censorship from the authorities.

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Marie Du Toit

(Paula Neethling)Hermien Dommisse

(Anna Volschenk)Don Leonard

(Krisjan)Gert Van den Bergh

(Lourens Niemandt)Regardt van den Bergh

(Kallie)
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