I was 7 when I watched this. Until that film, I had only ever cried when an animal died in a film - this was the first moment I felt true compassion and tears for a human being and it's impact stayed with me forever. Over the years I have Googled the film in the hope of finding it and now finally, here it is. Thank you so much for posting this amazing film so I can re-watch it and so that others can see it too
I worked for more than three decades as a South African film archivist: almost all of the South African features from 1916 onwards have been preserved and digitized. Nothing has been lost except some of the early silent films.
*Afrikaanse films is soveel meer verwant as wat ander lande ons bied. Daar is iets meer persoonlik aan die ervarings wat hulle werkliker maak in ons eie lewens*
*Ek is regtig nie heeltemal seker hoe ek oor hierdie rassistiese apartheidsmanipulasie voel nie. Die manier waarop die oorspronklike inwoners diensbaar en onderdanig laat lyk, is brutaal skandelik. Dit is 'n groot nadeel vir die nasie van Suid-Afrika dat die wit inwoners gevoel het dat hul koloniale oorname deur die Almagtige God ingestel is en bedoel was om vooraf bepaal te word*
A fantastic film. I lived in South Africa when it was released in 1968. I went to an English speaking primary school and learned Afrikaans, but it wasnt good enough to understand the Afrikaans section of the film. So I didn't see it then. However, today back in the UK and on the 143rd anniversary of the battle, I watched it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Even though I didn't understand the Afrikaans, I was able to work out the gist of it. It would have been nice to have sub-titles though!
The films original running time was 165 minutes, the film was edited down to 99 minutes to fit more screenings into a day and the excised footage was never put back nor archived 😔
The Afrikaners spoke their language and the English spoke theirs. The film was released at a time when Afrikaans was the dominant language in this country.
Dit bly een van die mooiste afrikaanse flieks het dit al `n paar keer gekyk en waar is Lelik is my offer se fliek net so mooi die twee flieks is van die beste ooit. Dankie ek waareur dit so.💯👍💚
Please Chris van der Leer I don't know the Afrikaans language but I know English, Spanish or Portuguese, but if you put subtitles you will allow many people in the world to know more about the history of this heroic African people, I already ate biltong in Europe and I loved it. we have something similar in Brazil that we popularly call (dried meat or beef jerky)
I remember this movie. A wonderful story. I saw this movie when I was either 8 or 9 years old. I remember my mom and sister crying. Again a beautiful movie.
Forgive me.... I wish there was English subtitles. Fun movie. Suprised that the victory was so one sided. Boers legacy is well earned with the name "Commando" now a main stay for "elite fighters."
In Malaysia, i met them at my yard. A pair with 1 kids. When i sitting at my yard, they like to stand beside me. 😊. So lovely and human friendly. And they like singing at early morning 6am
Was my home for almost 2 years. This was soo great to watch, back then, in year 2000 (before the earthquakes changed it all for them), almost as Golden as Neroli Gold !
