Winning a Continent

Harold M. Shaw
1916-12-14


5
54 min

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

Name Character Team
Dick Cruikshanks Piet Retief Unowned
Caroline Frances Cooke Lenie Retief Unowned
Jackie Turnbull Piet Retief Junior Unowned
Bobby Rowson Willie van Rensburg Unowned
Stephen Ewart Gen. Pretorius Unowned
M.A. Wetherell Karel Landman Unowned
Mabel Rushton Mrs. Landman Unowned
Edna Flugrath Johanna Landman Unowned