MOVIE

Zulu Dawn

Name: Zulu Dawn
Director: Douglas Hickox
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Released: 1979-05-14
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, John Mills, Denholm Elliott, Simon Ward

The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

Release Date

1979-05-14

Year

1979

Duration

1h 57m

Status

Released

Score

6.10

Genres

Adventure Drama History War

Production

Lamitas
Samarkand
Zulu Dawn NV

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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