Hannes Lombard is a medical doctor who was struck off the roll for substance abuse. He takes refuge on a farm in northern Natal, where his farming efforts are unsuccessful. Buks, his godson is sent to live with him. He’s quite happy to swop city life for a carefree life on the farm with new playmates in a new school. He and Sproetie, the neighbours’ little girl soon become great friends and their laid-back existence becomes even more idyllic when Hannes gives them each a horse. But the serpent sneaks into paradise. Lelik, Buks’s dog startles Sproetie’s horse, who throws her. The fall leaves Sproetie paralysed, and Buks is consumed by selfreproach. But it is old Willem, the farmhand, and his simple wisdom who makes life bearable again for everyone.
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Pieter
Buks
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Love for 'Lelik'
Sheba
Lelik
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Love for 'Lelik'
Mike Berridge
Joe Stewardson
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Flatfoot in Africa
Flip Bezuidenhout
Blanche Lloyd
Sproetie
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Henk Goosen
Gerry Bosman
Cobus Rossouw
Hannes Lombard
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My Brother's Shades
The Candidate
Roelf Jacobs
Lionel Friedberg
Johan Du Plooy
Tramp
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Dirkie
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Joe Stewardson Director · Roelf Jacobs Screenplay Henk Goosen Screenplay
First release January 13, 1975 · Original title Lelik Is My Offer
Production
Kavalier Films
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Languages
Original title
Lelik Is My Offer
Original language
Afrikaans
Spoken on screen
Afrikaans
Release dates
South Africa · January 13, 1975
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No release date listed for United States.
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