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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Dick Cruikshanks
Dick CruikshanksPiet Retief
Caroline Frances CookeLenie RetiefJackie Turnbull
Jackie TurnbullPiet Retief JuniorBobby Rowson
Bobby RowsonWillie van RensburgStephen Ewart
Stephen EwartGen. Pretorius
M.A. WetherellKarel LandmanMabel Rushton
Mabel RushtonMrs. LandmanEdna Flugrath
Edna FlugrathJohanna LandmanJulius Royston
Julius RoystonLouis PerreiraCharles Kitts
Charles KittsJosé DiazWilliam Harbord
William HarbordWillem FaberHelene Morris
Helene MorrisMrs. FaberExplore the crew
- Director
- Harold M. Shaw
- Writer
- Harold M. Shaw
- Writer
- Gustav Preller
- Director of Photography
- J. Humphrey