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Angola the war

  • Video
  • 2017
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Angola the war (2017)
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A faraway war - A clash of ideologies - And some of the biggest battles fought on African soil since World War Two.A faraway war - A clash of ideologies - And some of the biggest battles fought on African soil since World War Two.A faraway war - A clash of ideologies - And some of the biggest battles fought on African soil since World War Two.

  • Director
    • Peter Lamberti
  • Writers
    • Jeremy Bense
    • Este Nortje
    • Joy Summers
  • Stars
    • Anton Beukman
    • Pik Botha
    • Jan Breytenbach
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    24
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Peter Lamberti
    • Writers
      • Jeremy Bense
      • Este Nortje
      • Joy Summers
    • Stars
      • Anton Beukman
      • Pik Botha
      • Jan Breytenbach
    • 1User review
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    Anton Beukman
    • Self - Former Member, Seaborne Special Forces
    Pik Botha
    • Self - Former South African Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Jan Breytenbach
    • Self - Founder, 32 Battalion
    • (as Col. Jan Breytenbach)
    Fidel Castro
    Fidel Castro
    • Self - President of Cuba
    • (archive footage)
    Jannie Gildenhuys
    • Self - Former Chief, South African Defense Forces
    Maxim Gladkov
    • Self - Former Soviet Interpreter
    Dick Lord
    • Self - Former Officer Commanding Air Command Post, SADF
    • (as Brig. Gen. Dick Lord)
    Jan Malan
    • Self - Former Field Commander, 61 Mech, SADF
    Gert Minnaar
    • Self - Former Member, 61 Mech, SADF
    Koos Moorcroft
    • Self - Former Sergeant Major, South African Defense Forces
    Craig Thomassen
    • Self - Former Member, Corps of Engineers, SADF
    • Director
      • Peter Lamberti
    • Writers
      • Jeremy Bense
      • Este Nortje
      • Joy Summers
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    10thefearlessdave

    ...this...was...AWESOOOMMMME!

    I grew up in the military.

    My dad was in the SADF. He did his bit on the border.

    He is a person of colour. He always told me that on the border, race wasn't an issue...the enemy was...

    The SADF vs Swapo, Cuba, Russia and Angolans.

    He once told me how he trekked over a day old battlefield to support the troops at the front.

    On convoy, they encountered burned out Russian and Cuban tanks all facing Namibia. Later, the burned out tanks were facing each other and later still, they were all facing north... The SADF just ploughed through them all.

    He told me about how quickly flesh on corpses were stripped by maggots, the insane amount of flies and the massive amount of spent bullet shells and helmets he collected.

    He told me about the Recces, the mentally challenged guy assigned to "paddle" the bicycle fitted to the power generator and how badly the number 4 Rack Pack was.

    War is terrible. It's horrible what man can do to each other. I wish it upon no man.

    But I am grateful for what he and the others did - what they stood for and the honour they carried doing it. The war affected him badly - PTSD is very very real.

    Viewing this all made me see it as he described it all.

    Great cinema, visuals, story-telling, everything.

    MAN, South Africa could box, hey?

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      Peter Lamberti, the producer, was first a Parabat ( South African Paratrooper), then Infantry Instructor and later a Special Forces operator (commonly known in SA as the Elite Core Recces)

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 2017 (South Africa)
    • Country of origin
      • South Africa
    • Official site
      • Lion Mountain Media (South Africa)
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Aquavision TV Productions
      • Lion Mountain Media
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