Dick Cruikshanks

Early South African film

South African Film

Early South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

The Blue Lagoon is a 1923 silent film adaptation of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's 1908 novel of the same name about children who come of age while stranded on a tropical island. This is the first telling of this often filmed story. This film was followed by remakes in 1949, 1980 and 2012.

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.