Joseph Albrecht
Directing
Biography
Joseph Albrecht was born on 5 January 1894 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Isban: Or the Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe (1920), Copper Mask (1919) and A Border Scourge (1917). He died in October 1977 in Durban, South Africa.
Known For
South African Film
The Reef of Stars
South African Film set at Howick Falls
The Voice of the Waters
Early South African FIlm
A Story of the Rand
The Johannesburg City Council presents “After Sixty Years,” a circa 1946 black-and-white film narrated by Frank Secker that tells the history of the South African city.
After Sixty Years
South African Movie
Simon Beyers
Symbol of Sacrifice is a 1918 film dramatisation of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. It follows English soldier Preston Fanshall from the British defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana to Rorke's Drift where he participates in the successful defence of that post.
Symbol of Sacrifice
South African Film
Copper Mask
Short Documentary on South Africa and Rhodesia
The Land of Rhodes
South African Film
The Splendid Waster
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.
Geboortegrond
South African Film
The Stolen Favourite
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)
The Building of a Nation
South African Film
And Then ---
South African Film
The Piccanin's Christmas
South African Film
With Edged Tools
South African Film
A Zulu's Devotion
Adam Varney, a former transport rider, makes an unexpected appearance in the camp of Dalmayne, a prospector looking for gold somewhere in southern Africa
Isban: Or the Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe
Tante Koester (Moedertjie) and her husband travel by train to Maraisburg to look for their only son who hasn't written home for two years.
Moedertjie
South African Film
The Man Who Was Afraid
South African Film