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Zulu Dawn is a 1979 American adventure war film directed by Douglas Hickox and written by Anthony Storey and Cy Endfield, based on Endfield's book of the same name about the historical Battle of Isandlwana between British and Zulu forces in 1879 in South Africa.
Zulu Dawn: Directed by Douglas Hickox. With Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott. A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation.
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- Adventure, Drama, History
- Douglas Hickox
- 1979-12-14
Directed by: Douglas Hickox. In 1879, arrogant British officials issue ultimatums to the Zulu Nation, and met with defiance, declare a war that they are unprepared to fight.
- Douglas Hickox
- January 1, 1979
- 117 min
A rousing visual spectacle that's a prequel of the Cy Endfield directed Zulu (1964). Rated: B+ • Sep 16, 2010. Seen today, it's not only a startling indictment of British imperialism, but it ...
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- Douglas Hickox
- PG
- Peter O'toole
A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation. In 1879 South Africa, the administrators of the British Cape Colony have designs to eliminate the Zulus as a hindrance to their colonial economy. To that end, the British present King Cetshwayo with an impossible ultimatum to provoke a war ...
Play Trailer. The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant! Overview. In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Cy Endfield. Screenplay, Story. Douglas Hickox. Director. Anthony Story. Screenplay. Reviews 1.
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In a series of grave tactical blunders, a garrison of 1,500 British soldiers faced an army of 25,000 enraged Zulu warriors in what would become the most horrifying disaster in British military history.
