Movie
Zulu Dawn
Overview
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Details
- Release date
- 1979-05-14
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lamitas, Samarkand, Zulu Dawn NV
- Country
- Netherlands, United States of America, South Africa
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Col. Anthony Durnford
- Peter O'Toole as Lord Chelmsford
- John Mills as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
- Denholm Elliott as Colonel Pulleine
- Simon Ward as Lt. Vereker
- Nigel Davenport as Col. Hamilton-Brown
- Michael Jayston as Col. Crealock
- Peter Vaughan as QSM Bloomfield
- James Faulkner as Lt. Melvill
- Christopher Cazenove as Lt. Coghill
- Bob Hoskins as C.S.M. Williams
- David Bradley as Pte Williams
Crew
- Douglas Hickox - Director
- Cy Endfield - Screenplay
- Anthony Story - Screenplay
- Cy Endfield - Story
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