14 December 1916 Drama, History 54 mins
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.
Watch the official Winning a Continent 1916 trailer in HD below.
Dick Cruikshanks as Piet Retief
Caroline Frances Cooke as Lenie Retief
Jackie Turnbull as Piet Retief Junior
Bobby Rowson as Willie van Rensburg
Stephen Ewart as Gen. Pretorius
M.A. Wetherell as Karel Landman
Mabel Rushton as Mrs. Landman
Edna Flugrath as Johanna Landman
Julius Royston as Louis Perreira
Holger Petersen as Jan Faber
Wyrley Birch as Rev. Francis Owen(as E. Wyrley Birch)
Violet Dickens as Mrs. Owen
H.J. Hamlin as Rev. Erasmus Smit(as Halford Hamlin)
Norman H Lee as Rev. Daniel Lindley
A.O. Glisson as Rev. Venables
Goba as Sobuza
South Africa 14 December 1916
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