Jans Rautenbach

Katrina

Jans Rautenbach

Jill Kirkland

Katrina is a coloured woman who tries to pass off as white. She rejects her father and mother to ensure that she and her son find a better life in apartheid South Africa. An Anglican priest falls in love with her but their lives are turned upside down when their secrets come out. Based on a story by D. Warner, Try for White.

Broer Matie

Jans Rautenbach

Simon Bruinders, Paul Lückhoff

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.

Die Kandidaat

Jans Rautenbach

Gert van der Bergh, Marie du Toit

This multi-faceted drama, which depicts a group of intellectual Afrikaners struggling with pertinent moral, ethical and racial issues in apartheid South Africa, is widely acknowledged as one of Jans Rautenbach’s finest films.

Abraham

Jans Rautenbach

Hannes Muller, Franci Swanepoel

Abraham, a dedicated husband and father, struggles to provide for his young wife, Katie, and their four-year-old daughter. But, through his creative determination, he finds patronage in Jong Jans and Jong's wife, Almeri. Abraham and Katie settle into their new home, working for Jong and Almeri, but Katie's battles with mental illness and alcoholism rock the boat. Abraham staunchly supports his wife, but his own ambitions as an artist make him restless. Abraham is a dreamer who wishes to rise above his station in life and make his mark on the world, but the realities of his circumstances get in the way of happiness. In Afrikaans language with English subtitles.

Blink Stefaans

Jans Rautenbach

Regardt van den Bergh, Zoli Marki

Fanus is a nerdy sound technician who is never noticed by anyone, and especially not by the boss’s pretty but temperamental daughter, Linda. All this changes with the arrival of alter ego 'Blink Stefaans', who has plenty of advice for Fanus, from how to be more assertive to how to dress. 'Blink' translates to bright or shiny. Suddenly Fanus life changes into a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs. Blink Stefaans, in this gentle romantic comedy.

Jannie totsiens

Jans Rautenbach

Cobus Rossouw, Jill Kirkland

A new arrival to a mental institute is ostracised by the other patients, until they use him as a scapegoat when another patient dies.

Pappa Lap 'n Verhaal van n pa en sy dogter

Jans Rautenbach

Gordon Vorster, Katinka Heyns

The picture explores the relationship between a poor widower and his 17-year-old daughter. She dreams of a matric farewell, the handsome boy in her class and a long, white dress. He secretly sells his beloved pigeons to make her a red dress, but in the meantime a teacher also makes Chrissie a dress: a white, elegant dress. Which one will Chrissie choose?

Niemand weint für immer

Jans Rautenbach

Howard Carpendale, Elke Sommer