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Winning a Continent

Winning a Continent

Harold M. Shaw

1916

  • Drama
  • History
6.0

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.

Cast & crew

  • Harold M. ShawDirector
  • Dick CruikshanksPiet Retief
  • Caroline Frances CookeLenie Retief
  • Jackie TurnbullPiet Retief Junior
  • Bobby RowsonWillie van Rensburg
  • Stephen EwartGen. Pretorius
  • M.A. WetherellKarel Landman
  • Mabel RushtonMrs. Landman
  • Edna FlugrathJohanna Landman

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