---
title: 'The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jamie Uys'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Botswana'
  - 'South Africa'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gods-must-be-crazy-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080801/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

1980 · PG · 109 min · Comedy, Action, Adventure · Botswana, South Africa

Part of: The Gods Must Be Crazy

## Synopsis

The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Jamie Uys. An international co-production of South Africa and Botswana, it is the first film in The Gods Must Be Crazy series. Set in Southern Africa, the film stars South West African San farmer Nǃxau ǂToma as Xi, a hunter-gatherer of the Kalahari Desert whose tribe discovers a glass Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an aeroplane, and believes it to be a gift from their gods. When Xi sets out to return the bottle to the gods, his journey becomes intertwined with that of a biologist, a newly hired village school teacher, and a band of guerrilla terrorists.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jamie Uys](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-uys)
- **Screenplay:** [Jamie Uys](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-uys)
- **Producer:** [Jamie Uys](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-uys)
- **Editor:** [Jamie Uys](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-uys)

## Cast

- [Nǃxau](https://cinepixo.com/people/n-xau)
- [Marius Weyers](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-weyers)
- [Jamie Uys](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-uys)
- [Sandra Prinsloo](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-prinsloo)

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