World Apart, A  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)  /  Production Year: 1988  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Synopsis Inia nation divided, one family must fightito stay together. Based on a true story, this "haunting, deeply moving film" (Los Angeles Times) earned the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. With a "strikingly forceful performance" (New York) by Barbara Hershey, this potent account of personal and political turmoil brims with "emotion and radiant intelligence" (The New Yorker)! South Africa, 1963. Communist Gus Roth (Jeroen Krabbe) is forced to flee Johannesburg to escape arrest, leaving his activist wife Diana (Hershey) to continue their crusade against apartheid. But when Diana is wrenched from her three daughters and jailed under the notorious 90-day Detention Act, she and her family face the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Barbara Hershey  • David Suchet  • Jodhi May  • Tim Roth  • Jeroen Krabbe  • Paul Freeman Writers:  • Shawn Slovo Directors:  • Chris Menges Product Information Features: Features Not Specified Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround SPANISH: Dolby Digital Surround FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Studio: MGM / UA Production Year: 1988 Release Date: 8/23/2005 Length: 113 mins Rating: PG Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: 1008763 UPC Code: 027616927552 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Drama Bargains: Under $11 Studios: MGM / UA Reviews Be the first customer to comment on this Title.