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Absalom Kumalo: Stephen's son who left home to look for Stephen's sister Gertrude and who murdered Arthur Jarvis. His name is an allusion to Absalom, wayward son of the Biblical King David. [5] Gertrude Kumalo: The young sister of Stephen who becomes a prostitute in Johannesburg and leads a dissolute life.
Cry, the Beloved Country was the first major film shot in South Africa, with interiors filmed in the UK at Shepperton Studios. [2] As South Africa was under apartheid, stars Sidney Poitier and Canada Lee and producer/director Zoltan Korda informed the South African immigration authorities that Poitier and Lee were not actors but were Korda's indentured servants.
Absalom was the name of Stephen Kumalo's son in the novel. Like the Biblical Absalom, Absalom Kumalo was at odds with his father, the two fighting a moral and ethical battle of sorts over the course of some of the novel's most important events. Absalom kills and murders a man, and also meets an untimely death. [57]
[1] Barry, who had previously composed music for such African-themed films as Zulu (1964), Born Free (1966), and Out of Africa (1985), used predominantly western musical styles in the score, which is notable for referencing themes from Zulu, translating the original warlike compositions into a somber piano theme for travel scenes.
Lost in the Stars is a musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton.The musical premiered on Broadway in 1949; it was the composer's last work for the stage before he died the following year.
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