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Winning a Continent (1916)

Genre : Drama, History

Runtime : 54M

Director : Harold M. Shaw

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

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