Te Rua
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rewi
Fiona Gilbert
Dr. Sattler
Dieter Goetz
Helen Marangai
Professor Biederstedt
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Overview
A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two Maori, Rewi and Peter, decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Both men are in Berlin where the carvings are stored in a museum. Plans go awry when a group that Peter has assembled breaks into the museum. Rewi persuades the others to let him put his own, more daring plan into action. Tensions build and international media interest broadens when a sniper's bullet hits Peter.
Release Date
1991-07-20
Average
6
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
Success has its costs even when you are in the right
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