Zulu

original title:
Zulu
other titles:
The Battle of Rorke's Drift
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1964
original length:
138 min. , color
premiere:
22 January 1964
genre:
adventure
based on:
director:
Cyril `Cy´ Endfield
film script:
John Prebble , Cyril `Cy´ Endfield
producer:
Stanley Baker , Cyril `Cy´ Endfield
cinematographer:
Stephen Dade
editor:
John Jympson
composer:
John Barry
cast (role):
Stanley Baker (Lt. John Chard) , Jack Hawkins (Rev. Otto Witt) , Ulla Jacobsson (Margareta Witt) , James Booth (Pvt. Henry Hook) , Michael Caine (Lt. Gonville Bromhead) , Stanley Baker , Jack Hawkins , Ulla Jacobsson , James Booth , Michael Caine
more:
plot synopsis:
On the January 22nd 1879 the British Army suffers one of it's worst defeats when Zulu forces massacre 1,500 of its troops. A short time after the main battle a Zulu force numbering in excess of 4000 warriors advances on a British supply dump guarded by 139 Welsh infantrymen. The film concentrates on this bloody 12 hour battle.
keywords:
colonialism , outnumbered , siege
war:
Zulu Wars (1879)
literature:
remarks:
availability:
Video VHS, DVD, CD