“The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!”
Zulu Dawn
6.1
115 votes·1979
·1h 57m
·MovieAdventureDramaHistoryWar
Overview
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.2x
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Significant financial loss
Keywords
fightbritish empirevictoryprequelbattlefieldbattledeathcolonialismspear throwingsurroundedstandoffmortar
Cast
Burt Lancaster
Col. Anthony Durnford
Peter O'Toole
Lord Chelmsford
John Mills
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Denholm Elliott
Colonel Pulleine
Simon Ward
Lt. Vereker
Nigel Davenport
Col. Hamilton-Brown
Michael Jayston
Col. Crealock
Peter Vaughan
QSM Bloomfield
James Faulkner
Lt. Melvill
Christopher Cazenove
Lt. Coghill
Bob Hoskins
C.S.M. Williams
David Bradley
Pte Williams
Paul Copley
Cpl. Storey
Donald Pickering
Maj. Russell R.A.
Nicholas Clay
Lt. Raw
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