Winning a Continent
movie
Released December 14, 1916
Overview
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
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Dick Cruikshanks
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Piet Retief
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
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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