Genre Action drama
Length - Format Feature film 100' & Miniseries 2x90' / 35mm
Language English
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  Synopsis  
 

Set against the background of South AfricaÕs emerald coast and diamond mines, Diamond Hunters traces the torrid fortunes of a family unable to forgive and forget. Johnny, a successful diamond hunter, gets sucked back into a family that had been his own, before the patriarch, Jacob Van der Byl, abandoned him 20 years ago. Painful memories of an unjust father and a long lost love come back to reality as Johnny is pitted against his own half-brother Benedict in a fight over two women, a diamond empire and ultimately, his very survival. Played out over two episodes, Diamond Hunters describes Johnny's thwarted attempts to win the approval of Jacob, and the under-hand schemes by which the inimical Benedict plans to defeat him. Tracey, Benedict's sister and Johnny's true love, further complicates the fraternal rivalry, as all attempt to overcome the demons that survive from their troubled childhood.

 
 
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  Production year: 2001  
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VICTORY
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Executive producer: Guido de Angelis, Jonas Bauer, Franz Landerer
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Producer: Steven North
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Director: Dennis Berry
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Original novel by: Wilbur Smith
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Location: Cape town, South Africa
 
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Dir. of photography: Irek Hartowicz
Screenplay by: Carmen Culver and David Linter
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Music composer by: John Scott
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Starring:
Alyssa Milano - Tracy Van der Byl
Sean Patrick Flannery - Johnny Lance
Michael Easton - Benedict Van der Byl
Jolene Blalock - Ruby Grange
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Roy Scheider - Jacob Van der Zwaard
Hannes Jaenicke
Armin Rhode
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