Winning a Continent (1916)
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.
Director: Harold M. Shaw
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Dick Cruikshanks as Piet Retief |
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Caroline Frances Cooke as Lenie Retief |
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Jackie Turnbull as Piet Retief Junior |
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Bobby Rowson as Willie van Rensburg |
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Stephen Ewart as Gen. Pretorius |
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M.A. Wetherell as Karel Landman |
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Mabel Rushton as Mrs. Landman |
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Edna Flugrath as Johanna Landman |
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Julius Royston as Louis Perreira |
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Charles Kitts as José Diaz |
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William Harbord as Willem Faber |
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Helene Morris as Mrs. Faber |
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Holger Petersen as Jan Faber |
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Wyrley Birch as Rev. Francis Owen(as E. Wyrley Birch) |
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Violet Dickens as Mrs. Owen |
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Leon Morris as Maritz |
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Eileen Gerard as Jane Bird |
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N. Turnbull as Mrs. Halley |
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Stephanus Maré as Charl Cilliers |
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H.J. Hamlin as Rev. Erasmus Smit(as Halford Hamlin) |
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Norman H Lee as Rev. Daniel Lindley |
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A.O. Glisson as Rev. Venables |
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Tom Zulu as Dingaan |
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Goba as Sobuza |
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Martha Rowson as Katje Faber |
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Percy Marmont as Horseman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Harold M. Shaw | Director |
| Writing | Gustav Preller | Writer |
| Writing | Harold M. Shaw | Writer |
| Camera | J. Humphrey | Director of Photography |
