Winning a Continent

Name: Winning a Continent
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1916
Duration: 54 min
Rating: 6

1916 · 54 min

Drama · History

★ 6.0

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This epic film was one of the first South African dramatic film productions. It tells the story of the Boers’ Great Trek at the end of the 1830s, concluding with a hegemonic reconstruction of the 1838 Battle of Blood River, where a few hundred armed Afrikaners defeated several thousand Zulus.

Crew

Director Harold M. Shaw
Writer Gustav Preller
Writer Harold M. Shaw
Director of Photography J. Humphrey

Cast

D
Dick Cruikshanks
Piet Retief
Caroline Frances Cooke
Lenie Retief
J
Jackie Turnbull
Piet Retief Junior
B
Bobby Rowson
Willie van Rensburg
S
Stephen Ewart
Gen. Pretorius
M.A. Wetherell
Karel Landman
M
Mabel Rushton
Mrs. Landman
E
Edna Flugrath
Johanna Landman
J
Julius Royston
Louis Perreira
C
Charles Kitts
José Diaz
W
William Harbord
Willem Faber
H
Helene Morris
Mrs. Faber

Crew

Director — Harold M. Shaw
Writer — Gustav Preller
Writer — Harold M. Shaw
Director of Photography — J. Humphrey

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