Based on Nicholas Ellenbogen's play of A Nativity, the trilingual (Afrikaans, English and Zulu) film tells a hilarious story about a government backed effort to put on a multiracial production of a play production of a nativity play by the local post office's staff in a tiny backwater village, on the eve of the new democracy.
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Brendan Grealy
Corrie Campbell
Ellis Pearson
Half-Jack
Madoda Ncayiyana
Sam (Matluputu)
Liz Szymczak
Monica
Greg Melvill-Smith
Cronin
Regardt van den Bergh
Major Claude du Plessis
Neill Solomon
Leek the Greek
Claire Wrogemann
Visstok (Miriam)
Anthony Stevens
Marley Man Malay
Bheki Mkhwane
Jerry
Anthony Reade
Half-Head
Sophie Mgcina
Ella
Lindelani Buthelezi
Thulani
Miems de Bruyn
Ivy Campbell
Patricia Sanders
Mrs. Toerien
