De Voortrekkers

De Voortrekkers
Directed by Harold M. Shaw
Produced by Arrow Film Corporation
Screenplay by Gustav Preller, Harold M. Shaw
Starring Percy Marmont, Edna Flugrath, Harold M. Shaw
Cinematography Henry Howse
Release dates
1916
Running time
54'
Country South Africa

De Voortrekkers is a 1916 film.

Synopsis

This 1916 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 1930s, concluding with a reconstruction of the 1838 Battle of Blood River, where a few hundred Afrikaners defeated several thousand Zulus. Commemorating as it did their view of a highly contentious period of history, the film came to be revered by Afrikaners. It enjoyed a long after-life in South African classrooms and was shown annually on the date of the Battle of Blood River.

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