Winning a Continent
1916 · Movie · 54 min. · South Africa
This 1916 epic film was one of the first South African dramatic film productions, and the oldest surviving South African feature film. It tells the story of the Boers’ Great Trek, concluding with a reconstruction of the horrific 1838 Battle of Blood River, where a few hundred armed Afrikaners defeated several thousand Zulus.
Direction Harold M. Shaw
Cast Dick Cruikshanks · Caroline Frances Cooke · Jackie Turnbull · Bobby Rowson · Stephen Ewart · M.A. Wetherell · Edna Flugrath · Mabel Rushton · Julius Royston · Charles Kitts · William Harbord · Helene Morris · Holger Petersen · Wyrley Birch · Violet Dickens · Leon Morris · Eileen Gerard · N. Turnbull · Stephanus Maré · H.J. Hamlin · Norman H. Lee · A.O. Glisson · Tom Zulu · Goba · Martha Rowson
Screenplay Gustav Preller · Harold M. Shaw
Cinematography Joseph Albrecht · William Bowden · Henry Howse · J. Humphrey
Original title De Voortrekkers
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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