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Place Under the Sun(1979)
Status: Released
Date: 1979-01-01
70%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
Overview:
A dreaded sickness destroys Karen Viljoen life as rich man's wife. She is diagnosed as leprous. While Karen is in the Westford hospital with her sickness, her husband Otto finds solace with his secretary. To top it all Karen's son is taken away from her. Her doctor, Tertius Louw, intervenes just in time.
Languages: Afrikaans.
Countries:
South Africa
ProductionCompanies:
Flip Bezuidenhout Productions
Movie: Place Under the Sun
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tobie Cronje
Piet Fieks
Rina Nienaber
Rina Nienaber
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Overview
A dreaded sickness destroys Karen Viljoen life as rich man's wife. She is diagnosed as leprous. While Karen is in the Westford hospital with her sickness, her husband Otto finds solace with his secretary. To top it all Karen's son is taken away from her. Her doctor, Tertius Louw, intervenes just in time.
Release Date
1979-01-01
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7
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