Where the Green Ants Dream

Where the Green Ants Dream

100 mins | Drama | Aug. 31, 1984

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

100 mins | Drama | Aug. 31, 1984

Where the Green Ants Dream
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF
Original title Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen
Directors Werner Herzog
Writers Bob Ellis, Werner Herzog

Cast

Wandjuk Marika

as Miliritbi

Roy Marika

as Dayipu

Ray Barrett

as Cole

Norman Kaye

as Baldwin Ferguson

Ralph Cotterill

as Fletcher

Bruce Spence

as Lance Hackett

Nick Lathouris

as Arnold

Basil Clarke

as Judge Blackburn

Ray Marshall

as Solicitor General Coulthard

Gary Williams

as Watson

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

as Fitzsimmons

Hugh Keays-Byrne

as Mining Executive

Paul Cox

as Photographer

Werner Herzog

as Lawyer (uncredited)