Overview - The Burning

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama

Runtime: 32 minutes

Homepage: The Burning

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

Revenue data not disclosed

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Memorial Enterprises

    Production country

  • Name: BFI

    Production country

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Name: Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

    Character: Gran

    Popularity: 1.0421

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  • Name: Isobel Muller

    Character: Cook

    Popularity: 0.0409

  • Name: Maxine Day

    Character: Nurse

    Popularity: 0.0297

  • Name: Cosmo Pieterse

    Character: Chauffeur

    Popularity: 0.0521

  • Name: Mark Baillie

    Character: Child

    Popularity: 0.0732

  • Name: Walter Glennie

    Character:

    Popularity: 0.0546