Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn

1979 · 117 min · EN · PG · 6.0 (93 votes)
Dir. Douglas Hickox · Starring Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, John Mills, Denholm Elliott, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport · Music Elmer Bernstein · Zulu Collection

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

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

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A grim, large-scale war film that plunges you into the chaos and brutal reality of colonial conflict. It feels vast and overwhelming, capturing the desperation of being outmatched and the grim weight of history.

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