The film is set during the
Anglo–Boer War. It depicts the life of the rebellious Boer farmer Sloet Steenkamp and the Captain of the
British Army James Kerwin. The film follows Sloet Steenkamp after his subsequent capture by the British. Sloet is originally sentenced to execution for treason, due to his past as a British citizen originally from the
Cape Colony that joined the war on the Boer side; his execution is commuted to life imprisonment on
Saint Helena Island. This highly motivates him to escape as, unlike the other prisoners who will be released after the war, he instead expects to remain imprisoned. The film details his ultimately unsuccessful attempts at escaping the island. It ends with the death of two fellow inmates and the attempted kidnapping of the island's governor to demand better medical care, and a race with Captain Kerwin that ends in the death of another Boer prisoner – and friend of Sloet's – just as the end of the Boer War is announced. ==Cast==