De Voortrekkers

original title:
De Voortrekkers
other titles:
Winning a Continent, The Pathfinders
country / year of production:
South Africa / 1916
original length:
120 min. , black/white
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Silent movie
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plot synopsis:
Deals with the last years of the trekker leader Piet Retief, his land treaty with Dingaan, the massacre of Retief's men by Dingaan, the Covenant in which the trekkers vow to keep sacred the day of their victory over the Zulus and the Battle of Blood River, which was won by the trekkers under Andries Pretorius.
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Zulu Wars (1879)
literature:
http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/voortrek.htm
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