MovieMe - Movie Information

Search for your favorite movies and get recommendations

Angola: The War

2017

2h 0m

Documentary

Sorry, no trailers to show

For twenty-three years, five western nations, members of the Soviet bloc and two superpowers were locked into a war never formally declared. It all began in 1966. Once the Draft started, every able-bodied white South African male was called up for service.

Cast

Fidel Castro

Himself - President of Cuba (archive footage)

Pik Botha

Himself - Former South African Minister of Foreign Affairs

Anton Beukman

Himself - Former Member, Seaborne Special Forces

Jan Breytenbach

Himself - Founder, 32 Battalion (as Col. Jan Breytenbach)

Jannie Gildenhuys

Himself - Former Chief, South African Defense Forces

Maxim Gladkov

Himself - Former Soviet Interpreter

Dick Lord

Himself - Former Officer Commanding Air Command Post, SADF (as Brig. Gen. Dick Lord)

Jan Malan

Himself - Former Field Commander, 61 Mech, SADF

Gert Minnaar

Himself - Former Member, 61 Mech, SADF

Koos Moorcroft

Himself - Former Sergeant Major, South African Defense Forces

Craig Thomassen

Himself - Former Member, Corps of Engineers, SADF

Rent

Buy