''Any Man's Death'' is a 1990 South African

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film directed by Tom Clegg and starring John Savage, William Hickey,

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and

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Plot

An investigative journalist is sent to the volatile frontiers of

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and

South-West Africa South West Africa was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1990. Renamed ''Namibia'' by the United Nations in 1968, it became independent under this name on 21 March 1990. South West Africa bordered Angola ( a Portu ...

to investigate the disappearance of a photographer during the

South African Border War The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angol ...

. He eventually stumbles across an unrepentant Nazi war criminal who researches local snake venom in the hopes of finding a cancer cure.

Cast

* John Savage as Leon Abrahams * William Hickey as Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke *

as Gerlind * Michael Lerner as Herb Denner *

as Herr Gantz *Tobie Cronje as Johann *Damarob as Oskar *Sam Barnard as Captain Jacobs * James Ryan as David Caplan *Jeff Fannell as Greenlow *Robin Smith as Ulrich *Claudia Udy as Laura *Nancy Mulford as Tara

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* 1990 thriller films South African thriller films South African Border War films Films set in Angola Films set in Namibia Films about Nazi hunters Films shot in Namibia Apartheid films 1990 drama films 1990 films 1990s English-language films English-language South African films Films directed by Tom Clegg (director) English-language thriller films 1990s South African films {{1990s-thriller-film-stub