The Dead Wait (2025)

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Logline

Apathetic Josh volunteers for a mission on the Angolan border but finds himself drawn into a secret mission to stamp out insurgents against the apartheid government where he is made responsible for a prisoner of war who helps him realise the fallacy of his war and that he must find his own morality

Year

2025

Type

Fiction

Format

Feature Film

Country

South Africa

Language

English

Stage

Development

Plot Summary

An adaptation of the Paul Herzburg play of the same name.

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Cast

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Crew

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Joel Chikapa Phiri

Producer

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Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri

Producer

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David Wicht

Producer

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Zee Ntuli

Director

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Paul Herzburg

Writer

Companies

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