Winning a Continent

Winning a Continent (1916)

Drama History

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.

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  • Release Date: 1916-12-14
  • Runtime: 0h 54min
  • Director: Harold M. Shaw

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Cast

  • Dick Cruikshanks

    Piet Retief

  • Caroline Frances Cooke

    Lenie Retief

  • Jackie Turnbull

    Piet Retief Junior

  • Bobby Rowson

    Willie van Rensburg

  • Stephen Ewart

    Gen. Pretorius

  • M.A. Wetherell

    Karel Landman

  • Mabel Rushton

    Mrs. Landman

  • Edna Flugrath

    Johanna Landman

  • Julius Royston

    Louis Perreira

  • Charles Kitts

    José Diaz

  • William Harbord

    Willem Faber

  • Helene Morris

    Mrs. Faber

  • Holger Petersen

    Jan Faber

  • Wyrley Birch

    Rev. Francis Owen(as E. Wyrley Birch)

  • Violet Dickens

    Mrs. Owen

  • Leon Morris

    Maritz

  • Eileen Gerard

    Jane Bird

  • N. Turnbull

    Mrs. Halley

  • Stephanus Maré

    Charl Cilliers

  • H.J. Hamlin

    Rev. Erasmus Smit(as Halford Hamlin)

  • Norman H Lee

    Rev. Daniel Lindley

  • A.O. Glisson

    Rev. Venables

  • Tom Zulu

    Dingaan

  • Goba

    Sobuza

  • Martha Rowson

    Katje Faber

  • Percy Marmont

    Horseman (uncredited)