Where the Green Ants Dream

Where the Green Ants Dream

1984
1h 40min

The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.

Where the Green Ants Dream

Storyline

The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.
    Released
    31 August 1984
    Runtime
    1h 40min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    German
    Production
    ZDF, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Cast
Wandjuk Marika
Miliritbi
Roy Marika
Dayipu
Ray Barrett
Ray Barrett
Cole
Norman Kaye
Norman Kaye
Baldwin Ferguson
Ralph Cotterill
Ralph Cotterill
Fletcher
Bruce Spence
Bruce Spence
Lance Hackett
Nico Lathouris
Nico Lathouris
Arnold
Basil Clarke
Basil Clarke
Judge Blackburn
Ray Marshall
Ray Marshall
Solicitor General Coulthard
Gary Williams
Watson
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Fitzsimmons
Max Fairchild
Max Fairchild
Police Officer
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Mining Executive
Paul Cox
Paul Cox
Photographer
Dhungala I. Marika
Malila 'The Mute'
Robert Brissenden
Professor Stanner
Bob Ellis
Bob Ellis
Supermarket Manager
Michael Edols
Young Attorney
Susan Graeves
Secretary
Marraru Wunungmurra
Daisy Barunga
Noel Lyon
Bailiff
Trevor Orford
Worker
Andrew Mack
Protocol Officer
Ricky
Strange Aborigine
Ronnie
Strange Aborigine
Michael Mandalis
Mandalis
James Ricketson
Philip Adams
Michael Glynn
RAAF Pilot
Colleen Clifford
Colleen Clifford
Miss Strehlow
Christopher Cain
Christopher Cain
Lawyers' Assistant (uncredited)
Anastasios Chatzidimpas
Cook (uncredited)
Maria Chatzidimpas
Mongoloid Girl (uncredited)
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Lawyer (uncredited)
José María Muñoz
Radio Soccer Reporter (uncredited)
Philip Radke
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Maria Stratford
Peevish Woman (uncredited)
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