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Te Rua

6.5 105 mins Drama   1991
Pacific Films  
Director(s): Barry Barclay

Release Date: 20 Sat, Jul 1991

A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two members of a Māori tribe decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Variously praised as a major step forward in indigenous cinema, attacked for overambition, and little screened, Te Rua marked Barry Barclay’s impassioned follow-up to his acclaimed debut feature Ngāti.

Casts of Te Rua

Wi Kuki Kaa

as Rewi

Peter Kaa

as Peter Huaka

Nissie Herewini

as Nanny Matai

Maria Fitzi

as Hanna Lehmann

Donna Akersten

as Fiona Gilbert

Walter Kreye

as Dr. Sattler

Jürgen Thormann

as Dieter Goetz

Vanessa Rare

as Helen Marangai

Günter Meisner

as Professor Biederstedt

Matiu Mareikura

as Taki Ruru

Stuart Devenie

as Hamish MacMillan

Anton Rattinger

as Gunter Schewer

Özay Fecht

as Museum Cleaner

Dalvanius Prime

as Dr. Waru

Maximilian Held

as Rüdiger

Emilio De Marchi

as Italian Delegate

Amadeus Flössner

as Conference Waiter

Birgit Anders

as Woman At Book Launch

Thomas Schendel

as Dieter's Aide

David McKenzie

as Clive Andrews

Paki Cherrington

as William Ropata

Anne Budd

as Christina

Duncan Smith

as Councillor

Whetū Fala

as Merata

Hori Ahipene

as Saul

Lisa Riecken

as Teacher

Elmar Gutmann

as Walter

Jürgen F. Schmid

as Schmitt

Bernd Ludwig

as Negotiator

Rainer Pigulla

as Explosives Expert

Arnfried Lerche

as Field Officer

Matthew Burton

as Museum Official

Dieter Rita Scholl

as Berlin Television Reporter

Oliver Selke

as Sniper

Achim E. Ruppel

as Sniper

Alice Fraser

as Nurse

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