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.

Cast (26)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

D

Dick Cruikshanks

Piet Retief

Caroline Frances Cooke

Lenie Retief

J

Jackie Turnbull

Piet Retief Junior

B

Bobby Rowson

Willie van Rensburg

S

Stephen Ewart

Gen. Pretorius

M.A. Wetherell

Karel Landman

M

Mabel Rushton

Mrs. Landman

E

Edna Flugrath

Johanna Landman

J

Julius Royston

Louis Perreira

C

Charles Kitts

José Diaz

W

William Harbord

Willem Faber

H

Helene Morris

Mrs. Faber

H

Holger Petersen

Jan Faber

Wyrley Birch

Rev. Francis Owen(as E. Wyrley Birch)

V

Violet Dickens

Mrs. Owen

L

Leon Morris

Maritz

E

Eileen Gerard

Jane Bird

N

N. Turnbull

Mrs. Halley

S

Stephanus Maré

Charl Cilliers

H

H.J. Hamlin

Rev. Erasmus Smit(as Halford Hamlin)

N

Norman H Lee

Rev. Daniel Lindley

A

A.O. Glisson

Rev. Venables

T

Tom Zulu

Dingaan

G

Goba

Sobuza

M

Martha Rowson

Katje Faber

Percy Marmont

Horseman (uncredited)

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