Stander
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bronwen Hughes
Deborah Kara Unger
Marius Weyers
Ashley Taylor
David O'hara
Thomas Jane
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Andre Stander is a young, white policeman enjoying the comforts of middle-class married life in late-1970s South Africa, a country riven by Apartheid. Deeply affected by the indiscriminate killing he witnesses and takes part in during Riot Patrol, Stander wordlessly makes a decision to defy the very system he has spent a lifetime enforcing. Stander's form of civil disobedience, however, takes an unusual form: a series of audacious, high-flying bank robberies, with the young police officer oftentimes returning to the scene of the crime as the lead investigating officer. Finally apprehended by his colleagues, Stander is jailed and subsequently befriends outlaws Allan Heyl and Lee McCall. Following a daring prison break, the "Stander Gang" commits dozens of bank robberies across the country, heists that grow increasingly bolder over time. In the eyes of the public, the Stander Gang's nose-thumbing disrespect for authority makes them into near-legendary folk heroes, modern-day equivalents of Bonnie & Clyde. To the South African government, however, the former police officer is a cause of embarrassment, and the Stander Gang are the most wanted men in the country.
Director
Bronwen Hughes
Cast
Deborah Kara Unger
Marius Weyers
Ashley Taylor
David O'hara
Thomas Jane
Dexter Fletcher
Peter Gardner
Crew
David E Allen
Izadore Codron
Lester Cohen
Jan Fantl
Jess Hall
David Holmes
Frank Hubner
Bronwen Hughes
Robert Ivison
Martin Katz
Nico Louw
Steven Markoff
Paul Raleigh
Chris Roland
Bima Stagg
Bima Stagg
Guy Travers
Julia Verdin
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer August 6, 2004
Released in United States on Video July 5, 2005
Released in United States January 2004
Newmarket Film Group acquired U.S. distribution rights at the 2003 Toronto International Festival.
Released in United States Summer August 6, 2004
Released in United States on Video July 5, 2005
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) January 15-25, 2004.)
