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)
