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Zulu

Zulu

Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!

19647.42h 18m

Overview

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

Directed by Cy Endfield
Written by John Prebble, Cy Endfield
Produced by Stanley Baker, Cy Endfield
Box OfficeBudget: $1.7MRevenue: $8.0M

Top Cast

Stanley Baker

Stanley Baker

Lt. John Chard R.E.

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

Rev. Otto Witt

Ulla Jacobsson

Ulla Jacobsson

Margareta Witt

James Booth

James Booth

Pte. Henry Hook

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Lt. Gonville Bromhead

Nigel Green

Nigel Green

Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne

Paul Daneman

Paul Daneman

Sgt. Maxfield

Patrick Magee

Patrick Magee

Surgeon Reynolds

Glynn Edwards

Glynn Edwards

Cpl. Allen

Neil McCarthy

Neil McCarthy

Pvt. Thomas

Themes & Keywords

africasouth africabritish armybritish empirebased on true storymixed martial arts (mma)attempted rapezulutribal warfare19th centurythoughtful

About Zulu

Zulu is a action, drama, history, war film released in 1964 exploring themes of africa, south africa, british army, british empire, based on true story, mixed martial arts (mma). Directed by Cy Endfield, it stars Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson. In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

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