THE

SPIRAL

HOUSE

A HISTORICAL DRAMA

FEATURE FILM

The Cape of Good Hope.

1794.

Trijn van de Caab, a freed slave and wigmaker’s apprentice, travels

with her adored French employer and teacher Crispin Le Voir

to a remote slave estate for an unknown reason.

Trijn

Le Voir

Melt

The man who takes them there is Melt,

a slave and the estate’s carpenter.

The estate is named Vogelzang.

The estate is

named Vogelzang.

It’s the Age of Enlightenment.

Dutch colonists occupy the Cape.

On arriving, Trijn meets

the kitchen slave women.

Derde

Susann

Meerem

Jansie

And on the other side

of the kitchen door,

their Dutch owners.

Master

Madam

Bastiaan

Young Mistress

This film is based on the book 'The Spiral House'

by Claire Robertson.

This film is based on the book

'The Spiral House' by Claire Robertson.

As she weaves a wig to hide a secret, Trijn learns that

freedom is not what she imagined it would be.

Contact

Katherine Leach-Lewis

Producer

Up a Gum Tree Productions

+ 27 (0)83 296 3900

katherine@upagumtree.co.za

THE

SPIRAL

HOUSE

Company Registration Number: 2023/874153/07

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P O Box 16137, Vlaeberg, Cape Town 8018

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