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Winning a Continent

50 %|Dec 14, 1916|Drama, History

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.

Featured Crew

Harold M. Shaw
Director
Gustav Preller
Writer
Harold M. Shaw
Writer

Cast

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Dick Cruikshanks
Piet Retief
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Jackie Turnbull
Piet Retief Junior
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Bobby Rowson
Willie van Rensburg
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Stephen Ewart
Gen. Pretorius
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M.A. Wetherell
Karel Landman
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Mabel Rushton
Mrs. Landman
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Edna Flugrath
Johanna Landman