White Elephant (1984 film)
White Elephant: The Battle of the African Ghosts | |
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Directed by | Werner Grusch |
Written by | Ashley Pharoah |
Starring | Peter Firth Abi Adatsi Kwabena Holm Charles Annan Samuel Amoah |
Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
Release date | 1984 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Language | English |
White Elephant is a 1984 British comedy drama film directed by and starring Peter Firth, and .[1] The plot involves a ruthless white man determined to break through thousands of years of tradition to sell microchips in Africa. A young British businessman goes to Ghana to modernise a furniture factory by introducing computers. Unbeknownst to him, the spirits of African tradition are already working against him and are determined to make him pay. He encounters fierce resistance from the Ghanaians, and this eventually leads him to better appreciate their culture.
Cast[]
- Peter Firth ... Peter Davidson
- ... Bishop of Kumasi
- ... High Priestess
- ... Fetish Priest
- ... Reverend in Anloga
- ... Herbalist in Anloga
- ... Patron Ghost of Ejissu Fetish Priest School
- ... Patron Ghost of Ejissu Fetish Priest School
Release[]
The film was briefly distributed by Troma Entertainment.
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Categories:
- English-language films
- 1984 films
- British independent films
- 1984 comedy-drama films
- Troma Entertainment films
- British comedy-drama films
- British films
- 1984 comedy films
- 1984 drama films
- 1984 independent films
- 1980s comedy-drama film stubs
- 1980s British film stubs