Circles in a Forest
1989, English. Directed by Regardt van den Bergh.
Saul Barnard grew up in a family of woodcutters. The woodcutters are scared of the elephants in the forest, but there's one elephant that never seems to threaten Saul. Tired of being exploited by wood buyers, Saul takes a stand and his father chases him away. He goes to work on the wood buyer MacDonald's wood yard, where he gets to know MacDonald's daughter, Kate, and falls in love with her. After a few years he leaves MacDonald and joins the first prospectors in the forest, searching for gold. Millwood becomes a small town with hotels and bars and houses. Kate appears again.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Regardt van den BerghDirector
- Arnold VoslooSaul Barnard
- Ian BannenMacDonald
- Judi TrottKate MacDonald
- Brion JamesMr. Patterson
- Joe StewardsonJoram Barnard
- Christo NiehausYounger Saul Barnard
- Danielle CrouseYounger Kate MacDonald
- Joanna PalmerMrs. MacDonald
- Nic van RensburgOlder Jozef Barnard
- Albert MaritzYounger Jozef Barnard
- Liam CundillOlder Isak Barnard
- Dulcie van den BerghSanna
Details
- Released
- 1 August 1989
- Country
- South Africa
- Written by
- Dalene Matthee, Luli Barzman, Fabrice Ziolkowski
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Circles in a Forest runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Circles in a Forest isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 August 1989. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Circles in a Forest?
Circles in a Forest (1989) was directed by Regardt van den Bergh and stars Arnold Vosloo, Ian Bannen, Judi Trott.