Krotoa

Overview

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

Top cast

Armand Aucamp

Jan Van Riebeeck

Jacques Bessenger

Pieter Van Meerhof

Crystal-Donna Roberts

Krotoa

E

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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