Boetie Gaan Border Toe

Boetie Gaan Border Toe
Directed by	Regardt van den Bergh
Produced by	Philo Pieterse
Written by	Johan Coetzee, Cor Nortjé
Starring	Arnold Vosloo Eric Nobbs Frank Dankert
Release dates	1984
Running time	94 minute
Country	South Africa
Language	Afrikaans

Boetie Gaan Border Toe is a 1984 satire film set during the South African Border War. The film was directed by Regardt van den Bergh, and stars Arnold Vosloo, Frank Dankert and Frank Opperman. Production was assisted by the South African Defence Force.^[1]

Plot

Boetie van Tonder, a young Afrikaner, faces conscription into the South African military. Although initially determined to resist national service and defy instruction, he quickly finds comfort in the company of his fellow conscripts as they weather the harshness of basic training and their subsequent deployment to the Angolan border.

Cast

• Arnold Vosloo as Boetie van Tonder
• Eric Nobbs as Korporaal Botes
• Frank Dankert as Dampies Ball
• Kelsey Middleton as Jenny Ball
• Janie du Plessis as Elize
• Kerneels Coertzen as Davel
• Pagel Kruger as Mnr. Moerdijk
• William Abdul as James
• Frank Opperman as De Kock
• Blake Toerien as Piet Slabbert
• Christo Loots as Sunshine
• Neels Engelbrecht as Gattie
• Rudi De Jager as Meyer
• Bobbette Fouche as Mev. Moerdijk
• Graham Clarke as Dokter
• Gys de Villiers as Korporaal Smit
• Jacques Loots as Politikus
• Jana Cilliers as Doesn't
• Gretha Brazelle as Charmaine

References

1. Raoul Granqvist. Major Minorities: English Literatures in Transit (1993 ed.). Rodopi Publishers. pp. 89–92. ISBN 90-5183-559-0.

External links

• Boetie Gaan Border Toe in the Internet Movie Database