Zulu Dawn (1979)

Movie Details

Original Title Zulu Dawn

Original Language EN

Budget $11,750,000

Status Released

Popularity 0.9

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Col. Anthony Durnford

Popularity: 1.3

Simon Ward

Lt. Vereker

Popularity: 1.7

Denholm Elliott

Colonel Pulleine

Popularity: 1.4

Peter Vaughan

QSM Bloomfield

Popularity: 2.9

James Faulkner

Lt. Melvill

Popularity: 2.4

Christopher Cazenove

Lt. Coghill

Popularity: 0.8

Bob Hoskins

C.S.M. Williams

Popularity: 1.6

David Bradley

Pte Williams

Popularity: 2.4

Paul Copley

Cpl. Storey

Popularity: 0.7

Donald Pickering

Maj. Russell R.A.

Popularity: 0.9

Nicholas Clay

Lt. Raw

Popularity: 1.0

Phil Daniels

Boy Pullen

Popularity: 0.7

Key Crew

Screenplay Cy Endfield, Anthony Story

Producer Nate Kohn

Director Douglas Hickox

Editor Malcolm Cooke

Executive Producer Barrie Saint Clair

Production

Lamitas

Samarkand

Zulu Dawn NV

Videos & Trailers

ZULU DAWN Film Trailer - (1979)

Trailer

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Keywords

fight british empire victory prequel battlefield battle death colonialism spear throwing surrounded standoff mortar zulu tribal warfare army life

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10

Dec 3, 2022

Though certainly epic in cinematographic terms, this is a really meandering and over-cast depiction of the Zulu defeat of the British garrison at Isandlwana at the end of the 19th century. I'm assuming it was made as a precursor of - and to capitalise upon - the far superior "Zulu" (1964) but right ... Read more