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Zulu Dawn
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
1979 · Directed by Douglas Hickox · 117 min · Adventure · Drama · History · War · 10 frames
Tagline
The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!
Crew
- Screenplay: Cy Endfield, Anthony Story
- Cinematography: Ousama Rawi
- Edited by: Malcolm Cooke
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Production design: John Rosewarne
- Produced by: Nate Kohn
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Col. Anthony Durnford
- Peter O'Toole as Lord Chelmsford
- John Mills as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
- Denholm Elliott as Colonel Pulleine
- Simon Ward as Lt. Vereker
- Nigel Davenport as Col. Hamilton-Brown
- Michael Jayston as Col. Crealock
- Peter Vaughan as QSM Bloomfield
- James Faulkner as Lt. Melvill
- Christopher Cazenove as Lt. Coghill
Production
- Country: Netherlands, United States of America, South Africa
- Language: Zulu, English
- Studios: Lamitas, Samarkand, Zulu Dawn NV
- Budget: $11,750,000
- Box office: $1,875,000
- Themes: fight, british empire, victory, prequel, battlefield, battle, death, colonialism, spear throwing, surrounded
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