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Proteus (2003) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
South Africa ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
John Greyson

Written By:
John Greyson
Jack Lewis

Actors:
Rouxnet Brown ..... Claas Blank
Shaun Smyth ..... Virgil Niven
Neil Sandilands ..... Rijkhaart Jacobz
Kristen Thomson ..... Kate
Tessa Jubber ..... Elize
Terry Norton ..... Betsy
Grant Swanby ..... Willer
Adrienne Pierce ..... Tinnie (as Adrienne Pearce)
Brett Goldin ..... Lourens
A.J. van der Merwe ..... Settler
Dean Lotz ..... Governor
Jeroen Kranenburg ..... Scholz
Johan Jacobs ..... Nama Prisoner
Katrina Kaffer ..... Kaness
Kwanda Malunga ..... Claas (age 10)

Synopsis:

A recreation of the decade-long love affair in the 18th century in a Cape Town penal colony on Robin Island. The two lovers were a Dutch sailor imprisoned there for sodomy and a young Khoi herder. The Khoi were part of the Hottentot tribal group and as such were the untouchables of that time. The two were placed on trial and this love affair and the legal battles are the grist of Greyson and Lewis' film based partly on court transcripts from the time. In South Africa, during the 1700s, sodomy was a crime deemed worse than murder, and the fact that these two young men had indulged in it was also complicated by the fact that this was an interracial love affair.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 08 September, 2020.

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