Louw Verwey

Louw Verwey

Born: February 17, 1930

Movies for Louw Verwey...

Fiela's Child
Title: Fiela's Child
Character: John Benn
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
The acclaimed drama based on Dalene Matthee´s award-winning novel. "Fiela se Kind" (Fiela's Child) is the story of a white foundling boy that is raised by a brown family. But the childs life changes irrevocably when white census officials discover him living across the established borders of society, and he is removed from his foster parents. "This is the moving story about a close family being torn apart by the social convictions of the day. It is the story of a mother´s enduring love and hope to see her taken son again. Fiela is a down to earth woman farmer who does not let anyone step on her. She raised a white castaway child, Benjamin, and teaches him the simple things in life."
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Who Laughs Last
Title: Who Laughs Last
Character: Zoot Roodman
Released: December 26, 1986
Type: Movie
A Comedy involving the Tax-Man
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Broer Matie
Title: Broer Matie
Character: Andries Trichardt
Released: July 20, 1984
Type: Movie
A senior farmer of the Little Karoo dies and determines in his will that a brown minister must observe his funeral service. However, it is 1961 and apartheid is the order of the day.
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The Gods Must Be Crazy
Title: The Gods Must Be Crazy
Character: Sam Boga
Released: September 10, 1980
Type: Movie
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
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Dingetjie & Idi
Title: Dingetjie & Idi
Character: Daan
Released: November 16, 1977
Type: Movie
Daan and his brother, Dingetjie, travel to Cape Town in search of Doctor McDonald to cure Dingetjie's shy nature. They encounter a conman who introduces them to a phony clairvoyant who promises to heal Dingetjie spiritually.
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Daan en Doors Oppie Dieggins
Title: Daan en Doors Oppie Dieggins
Character: Daan Viviers
Released: October 2, 1975
Type: Movie
Daan Bobbejee rescues a stranger, Doors Dorrengen, and they become friends. Together, they thwart diamond smugglers trying to steal Daan's valuable mine, outwitting them in a daring escape
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Eendag op 'n Reëndag
Title: Eendag op 'n Reëndag
Released: June 2, 1975
Type: Movie
A man deep in debt goes to a gamblinghouse to get the money he needs to pay it of but one of his friends come along and sees that the gambler man has cheated and so he killed him
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My Naam Is Dingetjie
Title: My Naam Is Dingetjie
Character: Daan
Released: May 26, 1975
Type: Movie
This South African action comedy features Daan and Dingetjie, two layabouts who live on their run- down farm with their sister (Sus), who s sick and tired of their lazy ways. She threatens to run off with the first man she meets, so when handsome young Bill arrives to have his car fixed, the brothers get nervous. They decide they will have to frighten Bill away but he is more than a match for them. When all three arrive home drunk, Sus realizes she has three slackers on her hands. Things start to look up when the brothers strike oil on the farm. Bill travels to Cape Town to call on his contacts in the oil business, and soon the three siblings join him there. Sus and Bill get to know each another better while Daan and Dingetjie go on a spending spree. But what will happen when the oil dries up?
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The Bank Robber
Title: The Bank Robber
Released: March 12, 1973
Type: Movie
The son of a banker decides to steal money from the bank to double it through gambling and then returning it. Unfortunately for him, he is being watched as he succeeds, and interesting events and twists follow.
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My Brother's Shades
Title: My Brother's Shades
Released: June 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Twenty years ago, twin brothers Adriaan and Paul van der Bijl went their separate ways after an argument that left Adriaan blind. Embittered, Adriaan stayed on in his diabetic father’s mansion, eventually marrying the sick man’s beautiful nurse Marie.On the day of his father’s funeral, which Adriaan does not attend, Paul returns. The brothers’ meeting is not friendly: a shot rings out, and one lies dead. Adriaan tells his manservant, Freddie, that he killed Paul in self-defence. As the two are trying to dispose of the body, a detective knocks on the door. He has been hired to find Paul, who may be a beneficiary in the old man’s will. And to make matters worse, Marie is becoming suspicious as well.