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1800s Africa England british colony tribe slaughter defeat kino lorber

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Zulu Dawn (1979)

Directed by Douglas Hickox

History | Action | War

Overview

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

Rated PG | Length 117 minutes

Actors

Burt Lancaster | Simon Ward | Denholm Elliott | Peter Vaughan | James Faulkner | Christopher Cazenove | Bob Hoskins | David Bradley | Paul Copley | Donald Pickering | Nicholas Clay | Phil Daniels | Ian Yule | Peter J. Elliott | Brian O'Shaughnessy | Jan Bruyns | Sydney Chama | Len Sparrowhawk | Peter O'Toole | Nigel Davenport | Michael Jayston | Ronald Pickup | Ronald Lacey | Don Leonard | Patrick Mynhardt | Chris Chittell | Simon Sabela | Ken Gampu | Gilbert Tjabane | Abe Temba | Muntu Ndebele | Paul Mafela | John Mills | Freddie Jones | Anna Calder-Marshall | Kenneth Baker | Claire Marshall | Vivienne Drummond | Graham Armitage | Terrick Fitzhugh | Ross Kettle | Michael Richard | Larry Taylor | Ashley Waldorf

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Viewing Notes

An interesting companion piece to ZULU in that the events in ZULU DAWN immediately precede the equally famous battle at Rorke’s Drift in ZULU. Where ZULU highlights the courage of a hugely outnumbered garrison of British soldiers and is more of a siege-style battle, the battle of Isandlwana in ZULU DAWN focuses on the folly and hubris of the British army which led to a hugely catastrophic massacre.

Great cast and simply MASSIVE battle scenes with thousands of extras.

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