Zulu
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Zulu

Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!

7.4 / 10 1964 2h 18mNR English
ActionDramaHistoryWar

Storyline

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

Cast & Crew

Stanley Baker

Stanley Baker

Lt. John Chard R.E.

Lead
Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

Rev. Otto Witt

Ulla Jacobsson

Ulla Jacobsson

Margareta Witt

James Booth

James Booth

Pte. Henry Hook

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Lt. Gonville Bromhead

Nigel Green

Nigel Green

Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne

Paul Daneman

Paul Daneman

Sgt. Maxfield

Patrick Magee

Patrick Magee

Surgeon Reynolds

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Cy Endfield's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Zulu is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker