White Elephant (1984 film) - Misplaced Pages

1984 film

White Elephant: The Battle of the African Ghosts
VHS cover
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 (1984)
Running time	90 minutes
Language	English

White Elephant is a 1984 British comedy drama film directed by Werner Grusch and starring Peter Firth, Peter Sarpong and Nana Seowg. 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
Peter Sarpong ... Bishop of Kumasi
Nana Seowg ... High Priestess
Ejissu Jasantua ... Fetish Priest
Frederick Lawluwi ... Reverend in Anloga
A.N.K. Mensah ... Herbalist in Anloga
Asugebe ... Patron Ghost of Ejissu Fetish Priest School
Jasantua ... Patron Ghost of Ejissu Fetish Priest School
Nana Abiri
Klevor Abo
Abi Adatsi
Owusu Akyeaw
Samuel Amoah
Charles Annan
Otchere Darko
Toni Darko
Kwabena Holm
Sarfo Opoku

Release

The film was briefly distributed by Troma Entertainment.

References

BFI.org

External links

White Elephant at IMDb

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