De Voortrekkers
5
54 minutes
12/14/1916
Overview
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 List
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
Charles Kitts
as José Diaz
William Harbord
as Willem Faber
Helene Morris
as Mrs. Faber
Holger Petersen
as Jan Faber
Wyrley Birch
as Rev. Francis Owen(as E. Wyrley Birch)
Violet Dickens
as Mrs. Owen
Leon Morris
as Maritz
Eileen Gerard
as Jane Bird
N. Turnbull
as Mrs. Halley
Stephanus Maré
as Charl Cilliers
H.J. Hamlin
as Rev. Erasmus Smit(as Halford Hamlin)
Norman H Lee
as Rev. Daniel Lindley
A.O. Glisson
as Rev. Venables
Tom Zulu
as Dingaan
Goba
as Sobuza
Martha Rowson
as Katje Faber
Percy Marmont
as Horseman (uncredited)