Winning a Continent

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.

Country:

South Africa

Genre:

Drama,

History

Duration:

54 minutes

Year:

1916

Director:

Harold M. Shaw

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Company:

African Film Productions Ltd

Cast:

Piet Retief

Lenie Retief

Piet Retief Junior

Willie van Rensburg

Gen. Pretorius

Crew:

Director

Writer

Writer