Zulu Dawn (1979)

05/15/1979 1h 57m

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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Overview

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

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Cast Ages at Release

Burt Lancaster

as Col. Anthony Durnford

Born 11/02/1913

Died 10/20/1994, age

Simon Ward

as Lt. Vereker

Born 10/19/1941

Died 07/20/2012, age

Denholm Elliott

as Colonel Pulleine

Born 05/31/1922

Died 10/06/1992, age

Peter Vaughan

as QSM Bloomfield

Born 04/04/1923

Died 12/06/2016, age

James Faulkner

as Lt. Melvill

Born 07/18/1948, age

Christopher Cazenove

as Lt. Coghill

Born 12/17/1945

Died 04/07/2010, age

Bob Hoskins

as C.S.M. Williams

Born 10/26/1942

Died 04/29/2014, age

Donald Pickering

as Maj. Russell R.A.

Born 11/15/1933

Died 12/19/2009, age

Nicholas Clay

as Lt. Raw

Born 09/18/1946

Died 05/25/2000, age

Phil Daniels

as Boy Pullen

Born 10/25/1958, age

Peter O'Toole

as Lord Chelmsford

Born 08/02/1932

Died 12/14/2013, age

Nigel Davenport

as Col. Hamilton-Brown

Born 05/23/1928

Died 10/25/2013, age

Ronald Pickup

as Lt. Harford

Born 06/07/1940

Died 02/25/2021, age

Ronald Lacey

as Norris Newman

Born 09/28/1935

Died 05/15/1991, age

Ken Gampu

as Mantshonga

Born 08/28/1929

Died 11/04/2003, age

John Mills

as Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Born 02/22/1908

Died 04/23/2005, age

Freddie Jones

as Bishop Colenso

Born 09/12/1927

Died 07/09/2019, age