
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.

as Piet Retief

as Lenie Retief

as Piet Retief Junior

as Willie van Rensburg

as Gen. Pretorius

as Karel Landman

as Mrs. Landman

as Johanna Landman

as Louis Perreira

as José Diaz

as Willem Faber

as Mrs. Faber

as Jan Faber

as Rev. Francis Owen(as E. Wyrley Birch)

as Mrs. Owen

as Maritz

as Jane Bird

as Mrs. Halley

as Charl Cilliers

as Rev. Erasmus Smit(as Halford Hamlin)

as Rev. Daniel Lindley

as Rev. Venables

as Dingaan

as Sobuza

as Katje Faber

as Horseman (uncredited)