The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery Explained
| The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery |
| Director: | R.C.E. Nissen |
| Producer: | Rufe Naylor |
| Starring: | Emma Krogh |
| Cinematography: | R.C.E. Nissen |
| Distributor: | Springbok Film Company |
| Runtime: | 15 min. |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery (Die Groot Diamantroof van Kimberley), also theatrically as The Star of the South, is a 1911 South African Black and white silent film directed by R.C.E. Nissen and produced by Rufe Naylor for Springbok Film Company.[1] [2] This is the first South African dramatic film in South African cinema history.[3] [4]
Plot
A diamond is found near the Vaal River and sold to Dick Grangeway. Dick decides to take the diamond to Cape Town or London and sell it on. Two desperadoes learns of the diamond and plans to rob Dick. They abduct Dick's wife, Kate, to obtain the whereabouts of the diamond.[5]
Cast
- Emma Krogh as Kate Grangeway[6]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: In Africa, Diamonds Are Forever: From The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery to Blood Diamond . screeningthepast . 17 October 2020.
- Book: Media Studies: Institutions, theories, and issues. 9780702156557. 17 October 2020. Fourie. Pieter Jacobus. 2001.
- Web site: February 2010 . Almost 100 years old and still rolling! The history of SA cinema Part 2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017195642/http://www.gautengfilm.org.za/news/news-archive/2010/february-2010/640-almost-100-years-old-and-still-rolling-the-history-of-sa-cinema-part-29 . 17 October 2020.
- News: South Africans yearn for a film industry to call their own. The Hollywood Reporter . Mixie . Van Bormann . 17 November 2022.
- Web site: The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery - ESAT . 2023-02-22 . esat.sun.ac.za.
- Web site: The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery - ESAT . 2023-02-22 . esat.sun.ac.za.
