May 12, 2017
106 min
Full-HD

Shepherds and Butchers (2017)

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.

Category

Drama

Country

Germany South Africa United States of America

Companies

Videovision Entertainment Distant Horizon

Steve Coogan

John Weber

Andrea Riseborough

Kathleen Marais

Garion Dowds

Leon Labuschagne

Marcel Van Heerden

Justice J. P. van Zyl

Deon Lotz

Warrant Officer Rautenbach

Eduan van Jaarsveldt

Pedrie Wierda

Lauren Steyn

Liesl Weber

Robert Hobbs

Pierre De Villiers

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