Zulu Dawn
“The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!”
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
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2 films
Cast
46 people
Burt Lancaster
Col. Anthony Durnford
Known for
The Leopard
From Here to Eternity
Chris Chittell
Lt. Milne
Claire Marshall
Mrs de Witt
Peter O'Toole
Lord Chelmsford
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
Ratatouille
John Mills
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Known for
Great Expectations
Gandhi
Denholm Elliott
Colonel Pulleine
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Trading Places
Simon Ward
Lt. Vereker
Known for
The Tudors
Around the World in 80 Days
Nigel Davenport
Col. Hamilton-Brown
Known for
Phase IV
Nighthawks
Michael Jayston
Col. Crealock
Known for
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nicholas and Alexandra
Peter Vaughan
QSM Bloomfield
Known for
Game of Thrones
The 10th Kingdom
James Faulkner
Lt. Melvill
Known for
Atomic Blonde
Tribes of Europa
Christopher Cazenove
Lt. Coghill
Known for
A Knight's Tale
Dynasty
Douglas Hickox Director · Cy Endfield Screenplay Anthony Story Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.9M · Budget $12M · United States release May 15, 1979
Box office
Budget
$11,750,000
Worldwide gross
$1,875,000
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Lamitas
Production
Samarkand
Production
Zulu Dawn NV
Production
Netherlands · United States · South Africa
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Zulu
Release dates
France · May 14, 1979
Theatrical
United States · May 15, 1979
Theatrical
Brazil
September 21, 1979 · Theatrical · IMDB
Greece
May 15, 1979 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 17, 1979 · Theatrical
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