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The Power of One

BBC One
on BBC One London

Historical drama starring
Stephen Dorff
Morgan Freeman
South Africa in the 1930s: young orphan PK is the lone English schoolboy amid a sea of Afrikaners. Violently bullied, it is not until he is taught to box by black prisoner Geel
Piet that he begins to fight back. It is a struggle against oppression that will shape his young adult life.
Director John G Avildsen (1992)
♦ FILM REVIEWS pages 53-59

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Dorff
Director:
John G Avildsen
PK (age 18):
Stephen Dorff
Geel Piet:
Morgan Freeman
Doc:
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Headmaster St John:
John Gielgud
Maria Marais:
Fay Masterson
PK (age 12):
Simon Fenton
PK(age 7):
Guy Witcher
Sergeant Jaapie Botha:
Daniel Craig
Gideon Duma:
Alois Moyo
Hoppie Gruenwald:
Ian Roberts
Professor Daniel Marais:
Marius Weyers
Source: Radio Times

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