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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.

Release: 1916-12-14
Runtime: 54 min
Rating: 5 / 10
Cast
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Dick Cruikshanks
Piet Retief
Caroline Frances Cooke
Caroline Frances Cooke
Lenie Retief
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Jackie Turnbull
Piet Retief Junior
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Bobby Rowson
Willie van Rensburg
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Stephen Ewart
Gen. Pretorius
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M.A. Wetherell
Karel Landman
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Mabel Rushton
Mrs. Landman
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Edna Flugrath
Johanna Landman
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Julius Royston
Louis Perreira
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Charles Kitts
José Diaz
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William Harbord
Willem Faber
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Helene Morris
Mrs. Faber
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Holger Petersen
Jan Faber
Wyrley Birch
Wyrley Birch
Rev. Francis Owen(as E. Wyrley Birch)
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Violet Dickens
Mrs. Owen
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Leon Morris
Maritz
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Eileen Gerard
Jane Bird
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N. Turnbull
Mrs. Halley