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Zulu is a 1964 British epic adventure action war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between a detachment of the British Army and the Zulu in 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, in which 150 British soldiers, 30 of whom were sick and wounded, at a remote outpost, held off a force of 4,000 Zulu warriors.
In January 1879, about 100 British soldiers are forced to hold the small outpost of Rorke's Drift in South Africa's Natal province against about four thousand attacking Zulu warriors. Based on a true story, this is one of the greatest war movies ever made.
Zulu. In 1879, the Zulu nation hands colonial British forces a resounding defeat in battle. A nearby regiment of the British Army takes over a station run by a missionary (Jack Hawkins) and his...
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Counting only 100 among their ranks, outnumbered British soldiers do battle with 4,000 Zulu warriors at the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift.
Directed by: Cy Endfield. Fact-based dramatization of the 1879 battle at Rorke’s Drift in South Africa where a small British army fought off bordering armies of Zulu warriors.
The 4,000-strong Zulu impis appears on a ridge overlooking Rorke's Drift and advances to attack. After an inital assault, hundreds of Zulu riflemen open fire on the station from a neighbouring hill. Over the next few hours, wave after wave of Zulu attackers are repelled.
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Boer scout Adendorf (Gert van den Bergh), joins lieutenants Chard (Stanley Baker) and Bromhead (Michael Caine) in plans to fight the Zulus in. (1964), the story of how 139 British soldiers fought 4,000 Zulu warriors in 1879. Starring Stanley Baker and Michael Caine.
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.
