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!

Adventure Drama History War

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

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  • Release Date: 1979-05-14
  • Runtime: 1h 57min
  • Director: Douglas Hickox

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    Cast

    • Burt Lancaster

      Col. Anthony Durnford

    • Simon Ward

      Lt. Vereker

    • Denholm Elliott

      Colonel Pulleine

    • Peter Vaughan

      QSM Bloomfield

    • James Faulkner

      Lt. Melvill

    • Christopher Cazenove

      Lt. Coghill

    • Bob Hoskins

      C.S.M. Williams

    • David Bradley

      Pte Williams

    • Paul Copley

      Cpl. Storey

    • Donald Pickering

      Maj. Russell R.A.

    • Nicholas Clay

      Lt. Raw

    • Phil Daniels

      Boy Pullen

    • Ian Yule

      Cpl. Fields

    • Peter J. Elliott

      Sentry

    • Brian O'Shaughnessy

      Maj. Smith R.A.

    • Jan Bruyns

      Elder Boer

    • Sydney Chama

      S.M. Kambula

    • Len Sparrowhawk

      Trooper James

    • Peter O'Toole

      Lord Chelmsford

    • Nigel Davenport

      Col. Hamilton-Brown

    • Michael Jayston

      Col. Crealock

    • Ronald Pickup

      Lt. Harford

    • Ronald Lacey

      Norris Newman

    • Don Leonard

      Fannin

    • Patrick Mynhardt

      Col. Harness

    • Christopher Chittell

      Lt. Milne

    • Simon Sabela

      Cetshwayo

    • Ken Gampu

      Mantshonga

    • Gilbert Tjabane

      Bayele

    • Abe Temba

      Uhama

    • Muntu Ndebele

      Siswe

    • Paul Mafela

      Zulu Prisoner

    • John Mills

      Sir Henry Bartle Frere

    • Freddie Jones

      Bishop Colenso

    • Anna Calder-Marshall

      Fanny Colenso

    • Kenneth Baker

      Mr de Witt

    • Claire Marshall

      Mrs de Witt

    • Vivienne Drummond

      Lady Frere

    • Graham Armitage

      Capt. Shepstone (uncredited)

    • Terrick Fitzhugh

      Jackson (uncredited)

    • Ross Kettle

      Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited)

    • Michael Richard

      Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited)

    • Larry Taylor

      Grenadier (uncredited)

    • Ashley Waldorf

      Field Hospital Casualty (uncredited)

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