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 7.0
Producers Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF
Original title Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen
Directors Werner Herzog
Writers 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

Max Fairchild

as Police Officer

Hugh Keays-Byrne

as Mining Executive

Paul Cox

as Photographer

Dhungala I. Marika

as Malila 'The Mute'

Robert Brissenden

as Professor Stanner

Bob Ellis

as Supermarket Manager

Michael Edols

as Young Attorney

Susan Graeves

as Secretary

Marraru Wunungmurra

as Daisy Barunga

Noel Lyon

as Bailiff

Trevor Orford

as Worker

Andrew Mack

as Protocol Officer

Ricky

as Strange Aborigine

Ronnie

as Strange Aborigine

Michael Mandalis

as Mandalis

James Ricketson

as Philip Adams

Michael Glynn

as RAAF Pilot

Colleen Clifford

as Miss Strehlow

Christopher Cain

as Lawyers' Assistant (uncredited)

Anastasios Chatzidimpas

as Cook (uncredited)

Maria Chatzidimpas

as Mongoloid Girl (uncredited)

Werner Herzog

as Lawyer (uncredited)

José María Muñoz

as Radio Soccer Reporter (uncredited)

Philip Radke

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

Maria Stratford

as Peevish Woman (uncredited)