Overview
Set in 1901, this period epic follows Willem Morkel, a Boer family man whose wife and son are murdered during the Anglo-Boer War. Captured as a prisoner of war, Willem must survive incarceration in the notorious St. Helena concentration camp and defeat the ruthless Colonel Swannell, at his own game—Rugby
Director and cast
- Sean Else Director
- Charlotte Salt as Katherine Sterndale
- Stian Bam as Willem Morkel
- Grant Swanby as Colonel Swannell
- Patrick Connolly as Finn Kelly
- Albert Maritz as Isak Naude
- Bok van Blerk as Kommandant Scheepers
- Jacques Bessenger as Phil Blignaut
- Altus Theart as Daniel 'Yster' Malherbe
- Albert Pretorius as Gawie Mentz
- Richard Wright-Firth as Private Morgan
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