The Burning (1968)
Stephen Frears’ first film, "The Burning" is a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of their urgent warnings that an uprising is underway.
- Date of release
- 1968-07-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 32m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Stephen Frears
Casting
- Gwen Ffrangcon Davies — Gran
- Isobel Muller — Cook
- Maxine Day — Nurse
- Cosmo Pieterse — Chauffeur
- Mark Baillie — Child
- Walter Glennie
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