A farm girl's innocence doesn't survive the city. 1965 South Africa has THOUGHTS about it.
An innocent Afrikaans farm girl goes to the city and gets herself pregnant out of wedlock.
Acting
Susanne van Oudtshoorn's wide-eyed innocence that curdles
Production
Apartheid-era Afrikaner cinema at its most didactic
Costume
Doris Day goes to Johannesburg aesthetic
Director
Elmo De Witt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film exemplifies 'volksteater'—Afrikaner moral cinema designed to reinforce conservative Calvinist values during apartheid's height.
Director Elmo De Witt was prolific in this genre; Debbie was part of a wave of 'cautionary tales' about urban corruption threatening rural purity.
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