2 Films & TV Shows Set In South Africa During The 1830s

• The Fiercest Heart

  🇿🇦 South Africa The 1830s

  These were the trail blazers... Who dared to penetrate the core of trackless Africa! — Two British soldiers in 1830s South Africa flee military discipline and join a group of Boers heading north on "the Great Trek." In between fighting off Zulu attacks, one of these soldiers falls in love with the trek-leader's granddaughter who has been promised to another man.

  Released in 1961 • 91 minutes
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  Winning a Continent

  🇿🇦 South Africa The 1830s

  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.

  Released in 1916 • 54 minutes