C. de Wet Marais

A farmer's son, Jan (Pierre de Wet), works on the farm for his strict father (Jan Brill). He realizes that he is not valued, and his father does not want to know anything about modern farming methods. They get into an argument and he decides to look for work in Johannesburg.

The epic (and very costly) retelling of the history of South Africa from 1652 to 1910, made to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Great Trek (1838)