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.

Genre : DramaHistory

Runtime : 54 mins

Release Date : 1916-12-14

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Cast

Dick Cruikshanks

(Piet Retief)

Caroline Frances Cooke

(Lenie Retief)

Jackie Turnbull

(Piet Retief Junior)

Bobby Rowson

(Willie van Rensburg)

Stephen Ewart

(Gen. Pretorius)

M.A. Wetherell

(Karel Landman)

Mabel Rushton

(Mrs. Landman)

Edna Flugrath

(Johanna Landman)

Julius Royston

(Louis Perreira)

Charles Kitts

(José Diaz)

William Harbord

(Willem Faber)

Helene Morris

(Mrs. Faber)

Holger Petersen

(Jan Faber)

Wyrley Birch

(Rev. Francis Owen(as E. Wyrley Birch))

Violet Dickens

(Mrs. Owen)

Leon Morris

(Maritz)

Eileen Gerard

(Jane Bird)

N. Turnbull

(Mrs. Halley)

Stephanus Maré

(Charl Cilliers)

H.J. Hamlin

(Rev. Erasmus Smit(as Halford Hamlin))

Norman H Lee

(Rev. Daniel Lindley)

A.O. Glisson

(Rev. Venables)

Tom Zulu

(Dingaan)

Goba

(Sobuza)

Martha Rowson

(Katje Faber)

Percy Marmont

(Horseman (uncredited))