Krotoa

Krotoa

Caught between two cultures about to collide

PG-13 2017 · 122 min · ★ 5.9 · Drama, Romance

Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan van Riebeeck, her uncle’s trading partner and the first Governor of the Cape Colony. She is brought into the first Fort established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652. There she grows into a visionary young woman who assimilates the Dutch language and culture so well that she rises to become an influential translator but ends up being rejected by her own people as she tries to bridge the gap between the two cultures about to collide.

Directed by Roberta Durrant · Written by Margaret Goldsmid

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Armand Aucamp Jan Van Riebeeck
Jacques Bessenger Pieter Van Meerhof
Crystal-Donna Roberts Krotoa
Ernest St Clair Doman
Roeline Daneel Maria van Riebeeck
Brendon Daniels Autshumato
Deon Lotz Roelof de Man
Michael MacKenzie French Dignitary
Marcel Van Heerden Wagenaar
Lizette Van Der Merwe Wife of Dutch dinner guest
Jessica Stanley Roelof's Wife

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