Zulu Dawn Poster

Zulu Dawn (1979)

PG 05/14/1979 Adventure, Drama, History, War 1h 57m
60%
User
Score
6.6/10
50%

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.

Cy Endfield

Screenplay

Anthony Story

Screenplay

Douglas Hickox

Director

Part of the Zulu Collection

Includes Zulu Dawn and other great movies.

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Top Billed Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Col. Anthony Durnford

Simon Ward

Simon Ward

Lt. Vereker

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

Colonel Pulleine

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

QSM Bloomfield

James Faulkner

James Faulkner

Lt. Melvill

Christopher Cazenove

Christopher Cazenove

Lt. Coghill

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

C.S.M. Williams

David Bradley

David Bradley

Pte Williams

Paul Copley

Paul Copley

Cpl. Storey

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Media

ZULU DAWN Film Trailer - (1979)

ZULU DAWN Film Trailer - (1979)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on December 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 from the get-go it's just wordy and ponderous and, well, lacklustre. Peter O'Toole does exude a certain arrogance in his role as the Commander of the army (Lord Chelmsford) but Burt Lancaster - and his distinctly ropey accent - as "Col. Durnford", features all too sparingly to offer much more than a casual dig at the incompetencies of his boss as the Zulu and the soldiers of the Queen square up. This cast list is impressive but none of the assembled stars of stage and screen are really used to a...

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