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Beter as Gister
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Neels Van Jaarsveld
Marco Fouché
13 eps
Edwin van der Walt
Eben Strauss
13 eps
Elton Landrew
Tariq Cupido
13 eps
Frank Rautenbach
Bernard Kruger
13 eps
Rolanda Marais
Cecile Fouché
13 eps
Greteli Fincham
Sally Strauss
13 eps
Hanna Grobler
Karen Kruger
13 eps
June van Merch
Kadijah
13 eps
Nina Strydom
Jessica Fouché
13 eps
Sebastian van Niekerk
Reynard Kruger
13 eps
Alexis Newman
Katinka Cupido
13 eps
Gerhard Conradie
Coenie Fouché
13 eps
Sebastian La Cock
Luca Fouché
13 eps
Luna Coetzer
Lilly Strauss
13 eps
Eben Kotze
Benji Kruger
13 eps
Francis Chouler
Richard
1 eps
Mila Guy
Lize-May
2 eps
Daneel Van Der Walt
Zenia
1 eps
Inge Dippenaar
Adi
1 eps
Celina Herdien
Naomi
1 eps
Enrico Hartzenberg
David
2 eps
Schae Petersen
Shamiela Cupido
2 eps
Dries Botha
Mnr Viljoen
2 eps
Anina Fouché
Cherise
1 eps
Melanie du Bois
Welsynwerker
1 eps
Merve van Gent
Tristan
1 eps
Danny Ross
Thomas
1 eps
Andre Weideman
Arnold
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Beter as Gister actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Beter as Gister reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Beter as Gister is a South African, Afrikaans-language television drama series which revolves around four families and especially the role of the men in them, inspired by the question: Why are fathers held to a different standard than mothers?
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tascha van der WesthuizenProducer
Writing
- Rene van RooyenWriter
- Tina KrugerWriter
Direction
- Rene van RooyenDirector
- Corne van RooyenDirector
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