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Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn

The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!

19796.11h 57m

Overview

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

Directed by Douglas Hickox
Written by Cy Endfield, Anthony Story
Produced by Nate Kohn
Box OfficeBudget: $11.8MRevenue: $1.9M

Top Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Col. Anthony Durnford

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Lord Chelmsford

John Mills

John Mills

Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

Colonel Pulleine

Simon Ward

Simon Ward

Lt. Vereker

Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Col. Hamilton-Brown

Michael Jayston

Michael Jayston

Col. Crealock

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

QSM Bloomfield

James Faulkner

James Faulkner

Lt. Melvill

Christopher Cazenove

Christopher Cazenove

Lt. Coghill

Themes & Keywords

fightbritish empirevictoryprequelbattlefieldbattledeathcolonialismspear throwingsurroundedstandoffmortarzulutribal warfarearmy life

About Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn is a adventure, drama, history, war film released in 1979 exploring themes of fight, british empire, victory, prequel, battlefield, battle. Directed by Douglas Hickox, it stars Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, John Mills. In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

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