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Zulu

Zulu
★ 7.4/10•1964•2h 18m•NR•Drama•History•War

Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!

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.

Cy Endfield · Director

John Prebble · Writer

Cy Endfield · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 18m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 22, 1964
Budget$1,720,000
Revenue$8,000,000

Actors

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

David Kernan

Pvt. Hitch

Gary Bond

Gary Bond

Pvt. Cole

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Narration spoken (voice)

Mangosuthu Buthelezi

Cetewayo

Kerry Jordan

Company cook

Dennis Folbigge

Commissary Dalton

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