Zulu
“Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!”
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.
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Part of Zulu Collection
2 films
Cast
29 people
Stanley Baker
Lt. John Chard R.E.
Known for
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Jack Hawkins
Rev. Otto Witt
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Ulla Jacobsson
Margareta Witt
Known for
Smiles of a Summer Night
The Heroes of Telemark
James Booth
Pte. Henry Hook
Known for
Twin Peaks
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
Michael Caine
Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Known for
Interstellar
Batman Begins
Nigel Green
Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
Known for
The Ipcress File
Countess Dracula
Paul Daneman
Sgt. Maxfield
Known for
Time Without Pity
Patrick Magee
Surgeon Reynolds
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
Glynn Edwards
Cpl. Allen
Known for
Get Carter
The Blood Beast Terror
Neil McCarthy
Pvt. Thomas
Known for
Shōgun
Where Eagles Dare
David Kernan
Pvt. Hitch
Also in
For Men Only
The Day of the Jackal
Gary Bond
Pvt. Cole
Known for
Wake in Fright
Anne of the Thousand Days
Cy Endfield Director · John Prebble Writer John Barry Composer
Worldwide gross $8M · Budget $1.7M · United States release June 17, 1964
Box office
Budget
$1,720,000
Worldwide gross
$8,000,000
Gross vs. budget
4.7×
Production
Diamond Films UK
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio
Diamond Films
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
The Battle of Rorke's Drift
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Zulu
Release dates
Belgium · January 22, 1964
Theatrical
United Kingdom · January 22, 1964
Theatrical · Premiere
United States · June 17, 1964
Theatrical
Australia
August 20, 1964 · Theatrical
Germany
June 18, 1964 · Theatrical
Greece
June 17, 1964 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 12, 1964 · Theatrical
Italy
September 3, 1964 · Theatrical
Japan
June 10, 1964 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 18, 2002 · Physical · DVD
November 10, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
Portugal
October 7, 1964 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 22, 1964 · Limited theatrical
Türkiye
October 30, 1966 · Theatrical
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