Movie: The Burning

Top 6 Billed Cast

Gwen Ffrangcon Davies
Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

Gran

Isobel Muller
Isobel Muller

Cook

Maxine Day
Maxine Day

Nurse

Cosmo Pieterse
Cosmo Pieterse

Chauffeur

Mark Baillie
Mark Baillie

Child

Walter Glennie
Walter Glennie

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    The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of their urgent warnings that an uprising is underway.

  • Release Date

    1968-07-01

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    English
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