The Fourth Reich (film) explained

The Fourth Reich
Director:	Manie van Rensburg
Producer:	Gert Basson Mark Jaffee David Selvan Bill Shapter Reg Wessels
Based On:	real events
Starring:	Ryno Hattingh Marius Weyers Grethe Fox Percy Sieff
Music:	Louis van Rensburg
Cinematography:	Dewald Aukema
Editing:	Nena Olwage
Distributor:	Thames Television
Runtime:	183 min.
Budget:	ZAR 16,000,000

The Fourth Reich (El Cuatro Reich) is a 1990 South African biographical drama film directed by Manie van Rensburg and co-produced by Gert Basson, Mark Jaffee, David Selvan, Bill Shapter and Reg Wessels for Zastron Films.^[1] ^[2] The film stars an ensemble South Africa cast, with Ryno Hattingh starring in the lead as Robey Leibbrandt. Supporting cast included Marius Weyers, Grethe Fox and Percy Sieff. Also supporting were many popular South African dramatists.^[3] ^[4]

The film revolves around the life of Robey Leibbrandt, a South African boxer who participated in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. While at the Games he was courted by the Nazis in an attempt to recruit him as an agent in South Africa. Leibbrandt embraced Nazi ideology, which culminated in his becoming an Abwehr agent for the Third Reich. As an Abwehr agent in 1939, Leibbrandt led an operation to overthrow the South African pro-Allied government, and to assassinate General Jan Smuts, at the time Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.

The Fourth Reich was the most expensive film production in South African cinema history.^[5]

The Fourth Reich played well at international film festivals and received widespread acclaim and positive reviews.^[6]

Cast

Ryno Hattingh as Robey Leibbrandt
Marius Weyers as Jan Taillard
Grethe Fox as Erna Dorfman
Percy Sieff as Louis Esselen
Elize Cawood as Romy Taillard
Pierre Knoesen as Dice Lotter
Ian Roberts as Johannes van der Walt
Marcel van Heerden as Hendrik Erasmus
Louis van Niekerk as General Smuts
James Borthwick as Sidney Cohen
Keith Grenville as Pierre van Ryneveld
Sandra Kotzé as Mrs. Leibbrandt
Annabel Linder as Nadia Cohen
Tertius Meintjes as Doors Erasmus
Ernest Ndlovu as Sipho
Eric Nobbs as Hennie Schoeman
Brian O'Shaughnessy as Major Ellis
Dan Robbertse as Kalie Theron
Cobus Rossouw as Dr. Hans van Rensburg
Ron Smerczak as General Karlowa
Carel Trichardt as Meyder Leibbrandt
James White as Major Hattingh
Christine Basson as Kiosk Lady
Will Bernard as Barman
Pieter Brand as Pat Jerling
Kerneels Coertzen as Van Rensburg burly
Vanessa Cooke as Wanda Stander
Michael Copley as Kruger
Crispin De Nuys as Captain Nissen
Gideon De Wet as Policeman
Anton Dekker as Fourie
Frantz Dobrowsky as Shelver
Wilson Dunster as Charlie Vosloo
Ernst Eloff as Beetge
Annette Engelbrecht as Ouma Smuts
Bill Flynn as Boxing Doctor
Adrian Galley as Hansie
Ben Kruger as Oosthuizen
Greg Latter as Heckler
Dale Lee as African Mirror
Nico Liebenberg as Sgt Pauley
Patrick Lyster as Sgt. Spengler
Johan Niemandt as Wolmarans
Deon Opperman as Van Rensburg burly
Tjaart Potgieter as Lahousen
Nicky Rebelo as Van Rensburg burly
André Rossouw as Dominee
Robin Smith as Sgt Meintjes
Wilna Snyman as Soprano
Wilma Stockenström as Mrs. Engelbrecht
André Stolz as Saunders
Richard van der Westhuizen as Hirsh
Jan van Deventer as Steyn
Pierre van Pletzen as Hertzog
Eric van Rensburg as Judge
Herbie Vermuellen as Michelot
James Whyte as Snyman
Andrew Worsdale as Joos Engelbrecht

Notes and References

Book: The Fourth Reich. worldcat . 911265113. 17 October 2020.
Web site: The Fourth Reich 1990. letterboxd . 17 October 2020.
Web site: Film Affinity . Amazon . 14 October 2020.
Web site: The Fourth Reich? (1990) . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017143835/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7a66b5ff. dead. 17 October 2020. British Film Institute. . 14 October 2020.
Web site: The Fourth Reich (1990) . newcelluloid . 14 October 2020.
Web site: THE FOURTH REICH: Category: Edition 1994 . Ente Autonomo Giffoni Experience . 14 October 2020.