A World Apart

Overview

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?

Directed by Chris Menges

Top cast

Barbara Hershey

Diana Roth

David Suchet

Muller

Jeroen Krabbé

Gus Roth

Paul Freeman

Kruger

Tim Roth

Harold

Jodhi May

Molly Roth

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Nadine Chalmers

Yvonne Abelson

M

Maria Pilar

Spanish Dance Teacher

Kate Fitzpatrick

June Abelson

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Phyllis Naidoo

Sareda

L

Linda Mvusi

Elsie

C

Carolyn Clayton-Cragg

Miriam Roth

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Yvonne Bryceland

Bertha

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Mackay Tickey

Milius

M

Merav Gruer

Jude Roth

Albee Lesotho

Solomon

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Clement Muchachi

Sipho

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Esma Levend

Whitworth

T

Toby Salaman

Gerald Abelson

T

Theresa Memela

Peggy

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