Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn (1979)

The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!

  • Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
  • Release Date: 1979-05-14
  • User Rating: 6.1/10 from 108 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 57min
  • Language: isiZulu
  • Production Company: Lamitas
  • Production Country: Netherlands, United States of America, South Africa
  • Director: Douglas Hickox
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Summary

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

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  • Burt Lancaster

    as Col. Anthony Durnford

  • Simon Ward

    as Lt. Vereker

  • Denholm Elliott

    as Colonel Pulleine

  • 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

  • Paul Copley

    as Cpl. Storey

  • Donald Pickering

    as Maj. Russell R.A.

  • Nicholas Clay

    as Lt. Raw

  • Phil Daniels

    as Boy Pullen

  • Ian Yule

    as Cpl. Fields

  • Peter J. Elliott

    as Sentry

  • Brian O'Shaughnessy

    as Maj. Smith R.A.

  • Jan Bruyns

    as Elder Boer

  • Sydney Chama

    as S.M. Kambula

  • Len Sparrowhawk

    as Trooper James

  • Peter O'Toole

    as Lord Chelmsford

  • Nigel Davenport

    as Col. Hamilton-Brown

  • Michael Jayston

    as Col. Crealock

  • Ronald Pickup

    as Lt. Harford

  • Ronald Lacey

    as Norris Newman

  • Don Leonard

    as Fannin

  • Patrick Mynhardt

    as Col. Harness

  • Christopher Chittell

    as Lt. Milne

  • Simon Sabela

    as Cetshwayo

  • Ken Gampu

    as Mantshonga

  • Gilbert Tjabane

    as Bayele

  • Abe Temba

    as Uhama

  • Muntu Ndebele

    as Siswe

  • Paul Mafela

    as Zulu Prisoner

  • John Mills

    as Sir Henry Bartle Frere

  • Freddie Jones

    as Bishop Colenso

  • Anna Calder-Marshall

    as Fanny Colenso

  • Kenneth Baker

    as Mr de Witt

  • Claire Marshall

    as Mrs de Witt

  • Vivienne Drummond

    as Lady Frere

  • Graham Armitage

    as Capt. Shepstone (uncredited)

  • Terrick Fitzhugh

    as Jackson (uncredited)

  • Ross Kettle

    as Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited)

  • Michael Richard

    as Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited)

  • Larry Taylor

    as Grenadier (uncredited)

  • Ashley Waldorf

    as Field Hospital Casualty (uncredited)
Writing Cy Endfield Screenplay
Production Nate Kohn Producer
Sound Elmer Bernstein Original Music Composer
Writing Anthony Story Screenplay
Editing Malcolm Cooke Editor
Camera Ousama Rawi Director of Photography
Directing Douglas Hickox Director
Production James Faulkner Co-Producer
Sound Robin O'Donoghue Sound Assistant
Writing Cy Endfield Story
Sound Gerry Humphreys Sound Mixer
Sound Terry Sharratt Boom Operator
Sound Don Sharpe Sound Editor
Directing Peter MacDonald Second Unit Director
Sound Robin Gregory Sound Mixer
Directing David Tomblin Second Unit Director
Costume & Make-Up John Buckley Costume Design
Production Irene Lamb Casting
Costume & Make-Up Colin Polson Hair Department Head
Art Peter Williams Art Direction
Art John Rosewarne Production Design
Production Dieter Nobbe Associate Producer
Production Barrie Saint Clair Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Colin Arthur Makeup Department Head

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