What You Sow (1979)

A bleak and violent story of delinquency and broken family ties. Christiaan MacDonald escapes from the reformatory where he has been serving a sentence for car theft and asks his sister Dina for help. When his father tells Christiaan he is adopted, and furthermore is banished from the MacDonald family, the young man responds with criminal behavior that rip the family apart.

Cast (15)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

R

Regardt van den Bergh

Dr. Fritz Krynauw

J

Janet Du Plessis

Dina MacDonald

C

Cornelis Esterhuyse

Herman MacDonald

Willie Esterhuizen

Christiaan MacDonald

F

Flip Theron

Police Sergeant

J

Johan Bernard

Hannes Vermeulen

Bill Flynn

Bobby Griesel

H

Hetty van Oord

Mimi Coetzee

Elize Cawood

Miss van Dyk

James Borthwick

Minister

B

Barry Trengrove

Lawyer

L

Lourens Swanepoel

Advocate

D

Denis Smith

Judge

Wilson Dunster

State Prosecutor

L

Leonora Nel

Ma Griesel

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