Movie
Shepherds and Butchers
Overview
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-05-12
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Videovision Entertainment, Distant Horizon
- Country
- Germany, South Africa, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Coogan as John Weber
- Andrea Riseborough as Kathleen Marais
- Garion Dowds as Leon Labuschagne
- Marcel Van Heerden as Justice J. P. van Zyl
- Deon Lotz as Warrant Officer Rautenbach
- Eduan van Jaarsveldt as Pedrie Wierda
- Lauren Steyn as Liesl Weber
- Robert Hobbs as Pierre De Villiers
- Inge Beckmann as John's Sister
- Brett Williams as Tennis partner
- Carel Nel as Karel Niemand
- De Klerk Oelofse as Eben Christiaan Coetzee
Crew
- Oliver Schmitz - Director
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