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Directed by Harold M. Shaw Cinematography Henry Howse Initial release 1916 | 7/10 IMDb Produced by Arrow Film Corporation Release date 1916 Director Harold M. Shaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Screenplay by Gustav Preller, Harold M. Shaw Starring Percy Marmont, Edna Flugrath, Harold M. Shaw Cast Edna Flugrath, Percy Marmont Written by Gustav Preller, Harold M. Shaw Similar The Manxman, A Study in Scarlet (1914 British film), The Blue Lagoon (1923 film) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
De voortrekkers 1916 with new orchestral score
De Voortrekkers is a 1916 film.
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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 1830s, 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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