“Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!”
Zulu
7.4
571 votes·1964
·2h 18m
·MovieDramaHistoryWar
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.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget4.7x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
africasouth africabritish armybritish empirebased on true storymixed martial arts (mma)period dramaattempted rapezulutribal warfare19th century
Cast
Stanley Baker
Lt. John Chard R.E.
Jack Hawkins
Rev. Otto Witt
Ulla Jacobsson
Margareta Witt
James Booth
Pte. Henry Hook
Michael Caine
Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Nigel Green
Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
Paul Daneman
Sgt. Maxfield
Patrick Magee
Surgeon Reynolds
Glynn Edwards
Cpl. Allen
Neil McCarthy
Pvt. Thomas
David Kernan
Pvt. Hitch
Gary Bond
Pvt. Cole
Richard Burton
Narration spoken (voice)
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Cetewayo
Kerry Jordan
Company cook
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