Movie
The Gods Must Be Crazy
1980 · Released · 109 min · South Africa, Botswana · English, Afrikaans
The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Jamie Uys. An international co-production of South Africa and Botswana, it is the first film in The Gods Must Be Crazy series. Set in Southern Africa, the film stars South West African San farmer Nǃxau ǂToma as Xi, a hunter-gatherer of the Kalahari Desert whose tribe discovers a glass Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an aeroplane, and believes it to be a gift from their gods. When Xi sets out to return the bottle to the gods, his journey becomes intertwined with that of a biologist (Marius Weyers), a newly hired village school teacher (Sandra Prinsloo), and a band of guerrilla terrorists.
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Also known as
- Deutsch
- Die Götter müssen verrückt sein
- Español
- Los dioses deben estar locos
- Français
- Les dieux sont tombés sur la tête
- Italiano
- Ma che siamo tutti matti?
- 日本語
- ミラクル・ワールド ブッシュマン
- 한국어
- 부시맨
- Polski
- Bogowie muszą być szaleni
- Português
- Os Deuses Devem Estar Loucos
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