The Betrayer (1921)
Australian-New Zealand lost film about an interracial romance between a white Australian man and a Māori girl
- Date of release
- 1921-03-19
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Beaumont Smith
Casting
- Stella Southern — Iwa
- Cyril Mackay — Stephen Manners
- John Cosgrove — John Barris
- Bernice Vere — Eleanor Barris
Interesting facts
The Betrayer is a 1921 Australian-New Zealand lost film from director Beaumont Smith about an interracial romance between a white Australian man and a Māori girl.
Production
The film was shot on location in Rotorua and Auckland, New Zealand, at Coogee Beach and the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney, with about twelve cast and crew. Among them was Smith's assistant, Rudall Hayward, who later became one of New Zealand's most prolific directors.
Most stories of interracial romance at this time ended unhappily but this one finished with a white man marrying a Māori woman.
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