Simon Sabela

Birth : 1931-03-10, Durban, South Africa

Death : 1994-01-01

History

Simon Sabela was born on March 10, 1931 in Durban, South Africa. He was an actor and director, known for Zulu (1964), Zulu Dawn (1979) and Der Rivonia-Prozess (1966). He died in 1994.

Movies

The Gods Must Be Crazy II
General
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.
Skeleton Coast
Sekassi
A retired Army colonel attempts to rescue his imprisoned son in this action packed thriller. To save his CIA operative son from terrorists, Col. Smith (Ernest Borgnine) and a group of mercenaries head to war-torn Angola's Skeleton Coast, where they must infiltrate an armed compound run by a sadistic East German officer before Smith's son is tortured to death. Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed and Herbert Lom costar.
The Shadowed Mind
The General
A patient at a private clinic for sufferers of sexual dysfunction begins a tentative affair with one of the other patients while a killer stalks the institution.
Zulu Dawn
Cetshwayo
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Target of an Assassin
President Lunda
Shout at the Devil
Village Chief
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.
e’Lollipop
Rakwaba the Witchdoctor
"e’Lollipop" is the extraordinary story of two inseparable South African children, Tsepo and his orphaned friend Jannie. Jannie is sent to a missionary station in Tsepo’s village where they become best friends as Jannie finds his place in his new home. Life is full of childhood fun and antics until tragedy strikes: Jannie, now 10 years old, is seriously injured. In the face of much adversity, Tsepo and his community pull together so that Jannie can get specialised medical treatment. A daunting challenge lies ahead... At what cost will Jannie survive? Tsepo and Jannie’s inspirational story unfolds against the breathtaking backdrops of a dramatic African landscape and New York City in the mid-1970s. "e’Lollipop" is a life-changing story that reminds us of the true value of friendship, community, sacrifice and family - despite our color or creed.
u'Deliwe
Director
This is a story about a country girl Deliwe (Cynthia Shange) who comes from KwaZulu-Natal to the city of gold, Johannesburg. She enters the world of fashion and wins a beauty queen title. The fairy tale takes a turn for the worse when she is involved in a car accident that scars her for life.
Gold
Big King
Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the unscrupulous owners can make a killing in the international gold market.
Rogue Lion
Witchdoctor
In South Africa a new young ranger is transferred to a troubled game reserve. He struggles to be accepted by, and help, his boss, fending off poachers and intruding natives, and gets involved with a poacher's daughter he knew from university.
Satan's Harvest
Foreman
Cutter Murdock inherits an estate in Africa on which "Satan's Harvest" (heroin and marijuana) is grown. The thugs growing the drugs want him out of the way, so things get messy.
Diamond Walkers
Drama among diamond smugglers and gold fever in South African bush.
Tokoloshe
A young African boy is rescued from a witchdoctor's death curse. He travels to the big city where a blind white man becomes his protector.
Zulu
Dance Leader
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
Death Drums Along the River
Bosambo
A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.