Action ·Drama ·History ·War · United Kingdom · 1964 · 2h 18m

Zulu

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Director
Cy Endfield
Cast
Stanley Baker as Lt. John Chard R.E. Jack Hawkins as Rev. Otto Witt Ulla Jacobsson as Margareta Witt James Booth as Pte. Henry Hook Michael Caine as Lt. Gonville Bromhead Nigel Green as Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
Crew
Stephen Dade — Director of Photography John Jympson — Editor John Barry — Original Music Composer John Prebble — Writer Cy Endfield — Writer Stanley Baker — Producer
Tagline

Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Zulu — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
africasouth africabritish armybritish empirebased on true storymixed martial arts (mma)attempted rapezulutribal warfare19th century
Key Collaborators
Cy Endfield Director Stephen Dade Director of Photography John Jympson Editor John Barry Original Music Composer John Prebble Writer Cy Endfield Writer Stanley Baker Producer Cy Endfield Producer
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