Zulu Dawn (1979)

05/14/1979 (NL) • 1h 57m

Adventure, Drama, History, War

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

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Burt Lancaster

Col. Anthony Durnford

Simon Ward

Lt. Vereker

Denholm Elliott

Colonel Pulleine

Peter Vaughan

QSM Bloomfield

James Faulkner

Lt. Melvill

Bob Hoskins

C.S.M. Williams

David Bradley

Pte Williams

Paul Copley

Cpl. Storey


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Part of the Zulu Collection

Includes Zulu, Zulu Dawn

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$11,750,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

fight

british empire

victory

prequel

battlefield

battle

death

colonialism

spear throwing

surrounded

standoff

mortar

zulu

tribal warfare

army life

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