Tolla Van Der Merwe
Actor · 1943 – 2000 · Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa
Tertius Willem Jacobus (Tolla) van der Merwe (21 Aug 1943 – 7 Aug 2000) was an Afrikaans television personality, storyteller and comedian. He was a regular on SABC2 's programme Maak 'n Las. His son, Wicus van der Merwe, is himself a notable singer.
Movies5
Movie6.2ComedyTwo South African boys, one white, Rhino, and one black, Zulu, go their separate ways after an incident. Many years later, they meet up again as adults, when one, after living for years in the United States, is now a wanted criminal. The two end up being a part of a madcap chase involving a check for a large amount of lottery money, pursued by Gen. Diehard and Rhino's ex-wife Rowena, who was the cause of the rift between the two protagonists.
Yankee Zulu
1993 · 43 votes
Movie7.8ComedyIn a series of short skits, Leon Schuster uses candid camera and several disguises to stitch up the general public of South Africa
Oh Schucks.... It's Schuster!
1989 · 4 votes
Movie8.0ComedyClassic candid camera comedy, with South Africa's late storyteller and comedian, Tolla van der Merwe
Tolla is Tops
1990 · 1 votes
Movie5.7ComedyWhen Hanky Pranky (alias Schucks), star of a candid camera TV show, loses his job to affirmative action, he applies for a job at a stress academy. It´s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but it´s too late: the employment contract is signed and sealed.A year passes, and Schucks is no better off. However, his candid camera videos, which poke fun at all sectors of post-1994 South Africa, prove a big hit with stressed-out government ministers. When the president asks Paddaman to make a movie to benefit street children, Schucks and his pals do all the hard work while Paddaman plans how he can get hold of the profits from the video sales. Add a scatterbrained secretary, a lovelorn traffic cop and a cunning street child and you have a roll-in-the aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour.
Panic Mechanic
1996 · 3 votes
- Movie
After a dispute with a local dentist, a minister is thrown out of his church, and finds himself an unemployed White Afrikaner Male. Desperate for work, he accepts a job as a manager in a men's club, which allows gambling, stripping and drinking - by the customers. In an attempt to avoid his old congregation recognising him, he dons a costume straight out of the Bible. To make matters worse, the club is run by his cousin, who is also a gangster.