The Voortrekkers; or, Winning a Continent
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Harold Shaw
Percy Marmont
Edna Flugrath
Harold Shaw
Harold Shaw
Harold Shaw
Film Details
Synopsis
In 1837, the Dutch settlers in Cape Colony decide to establish a Free Dutch Republic in Natal. Among the settlers who prepare to make the journey are Jan Faber, a Boer youth, and Sabuzu, a Zulu warrior converted to Christianity. An advance party, led by Piet Retief, the newly designated President of the Dutch Republic, goes to the kraal of the Zulu chief, Dingaan, in an attempt to make a treaty, but they have been preceded by two renegade traders, Jenke and Janos, who have turned the black leader against them. Dingaan sends out a band of warriors, who attack the settlers, only to be turned back by the superior firepower of the Boer rifles. Sabuzu kills Dingaan, and the settlers are free to realize their dream of a new nation.
Director
Harold Shaw
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
This film was released and copyrighted in 1924 by Arrow Pictures under the title Winning a Continent. 1924 copyright records indicate a 6-reel length, indicating that the film May have been cut from its 1917 version. The picture was filmed in South Africa.
