Desc: Die Wonderwerker: Directed by Katinka Heyns. With Dawid Minnaar, Elize Cawood, Marius Weyers, Anneke Weidemann. Die Wonderwerker tells the story of Eugène Marais, a famous Afrikaans writer, poet and researcher. The story focuses on the few months he spends on the Van Rooyen's farm, where he falls in love with the 19-year-old Jane Brayshaw.