Zulu
Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!
Rating: 7.4 out of 10TMDB(592 votes)
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $8M worldwide, about 4.7 times its $1.72M budget
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Based on
Based on Battle of Rorke's Drift
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Filming locations
Filmed in South Africa
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Setting
Set in South Africa
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Collection
Part of Zulu Collection
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Music
Music by John Barry
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Stephen Dade
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Cy EndfieldWriter
- John PrebbleWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 22, 1964
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.7M
- Revenue
- $8M
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Collection
- Zulu Collection
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In the United States
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Cast
Stanley BakerLt. John Chard R.E.
Jack HawkinsRev. Otto Witt
Ulla JacobssonMargareta Witt
James BoothPte. Henry Hook
Michael CaineLt. Gonville Bromhead
Nigel GreenColour Sgt. Frank Bourne
Paul DanemanSgt. Maxfield
Patrick MageeSurgeon Reynolds
Glynn EdwardsCpl. Allen
Neil McCarthyPvt. Thomas- David KernanPvt. Hitch
Gary BondPvt. Cole
Richard BurtonNarration spoken (voice)- Mangosuthu ButheleziCetewayo
- Kerry JordanCompany cook
- Dennis FolbiggeCommissary Dalton
Gert Van den BerghAdendorff
Harvey HallStickman
John SullivanStephenson- Joe PowellSergeant Windridge
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