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Canary

6.520182h 3mMovieMusicDrama

Kanarie (Afrikaans for 'Canary') is a coming-of-age musical war drama. Drafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's traveling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his…

DirectorChristiaan Olwagen
WritersChristiaan Olwagen·Charl-Johan Lingenfelder
ProducersRoelof Storm·Jaco Smit

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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Christiaan Olwagen

SBSchalk Bezuidenhout
Schalk Bezuidenhout
Johan Niemand
HOHannes Otto
Hannes Otto
Wolfgang Müller
GGGermandt Geldenhuys
Germandt Geldenhuys
Ludolf Otterman
GRGérard Rudolf
Gérard Rudolf
Reverend Koch
JBJacques Bessenger
Jacques Bessenger
Reverend Engelbrecht
FJFrancois Jacobs
Francois Jacobs
Tiaan Taljaard
DODe Klerk Oelofse
De Klerk Oelofse
Walter "Rambo" Boonzaaier
LBLudwig Binge
Ludwig Binge
Daan Goosen
DVDavid Viviers
David Viviers
Kevin Scott
AGAndrico Goosen
Andrico Goosen
Ruan "Lobster" Swart
BABeer Adriaanse
Beer Adriaanse
Corporal Crunchie
LLLaudo Liebenberg
Laudo Liebenberg
Lourens Human

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