Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
Nelson Mandela
Sidney Poitier
F.W. de Klerk
Michael Caine
Winnie Mandela
Tina Lifford
P.W. Botha
Gerry Maritz
Kobie Coetsee
Ian Roberts
James Gregory
Ben Kruger
Walter Sisulu
Jerry Mofokeng
Mlangeni
Owen Sejake
Niels Barnard
André Jacobs
Kykendal
Tertius Meintjes
Willem de Klerk
John Carson
Mhalaba
David Fortune
Kathrada
Farouk Valley-Omar
Marike de Klerk
Terry Norton
Mbeki
Bankole Omotoso
Motsoaledi
Sebata Sesiu
Zindzi
Moshidi Motshegwa
Zenani
Nomonde Gogi
Lt. Breevort (as Johanthon Pienaar)
Jonathan Pienaar
Ruby
Vuyelwa Nyakaza
Ndlovu
Lentsoe Mosieleng
Chris Hani
Kwesi Kobus
Sizwe
Christopher Mpumelelo Gxalaba
Mary Gregory
Elize Meiring
Ethan Gregory
Warren Lindsay
Justice de Wet
Hannes Horne
Officer Mbele
Tshamano Sebe
Magnus Malan
Regardt van den Bergh
Minister Interior
Johan Malherbe
Minister Finance
Johan Stassen
Minister
Hans J. Heuer
Surgeon
Gordon Van Rooyen
Government Agent
Christo Loots
Government Agent
Duncan Lawson
President Stewart
Nzululwazi Mahlaka
White Plainclothes Officer
Gideon de Wet
Pollsmor Warder
Graham Clarke
T.V. Reporter #1
Mehboob Bawa
T.V. Reporter #2
Susanne Beyers
Young White Woman
Sian Erasmus
Journalist #1
Amanda Lane
Journalist #2
Nadira Omarjee
Journalist #3
Phillip C Henn
Oliver Tambo
Vuyisile Bojana
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eugene Terre'Blanche
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Desmond Tutu