Blood and Glory
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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
Status: Released
Released Date: 2016-04-01
Runtime: 133 mins
Director: Sean Else
Spoken language: Afrikaans, English
Genres: History, War
Original title: Blood and Glory
Production Companies: Dark Matter Studios
Production Countries: South Africa
Cast
Charlotte Salt
Stian Bam
Grant Swanby
Patrick Connolly
Albert Maritz
Bok van Blerk
Jacques Bessenger
Altus Theart
Albert Pretorius
Richard Wright-Firth
Edwin van der Walt
Gustav Gerdener
Rudy Halgryn
Jaco Muller
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