Director: Cy Endfield

Writers: John Prebble; Cy Endfield

From article by: John Prebble

Original Music Composed and Conducted by: John Barry

Producers: Stanley Baker; Cy Endfield

Keywords: Drama, Boer War

22 January 1879, one day after the massacre of 1200 British soldiers by Cetshwayo's Zulu army, a company of Welsh soldiers numbering less than 140 fight an onslaught of 4000 Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift in Natal Province during the Boer War. Commanding the British are Lt. John Chard of the Royal Engineers (senior officer, lacking any combat experience whatsoever), and the aristocratic Lt. Gonville Bromhead. Breathtaking and suspenseful, Zulu is a largely accurate telling of one of the most remarkable battles ever fought, the defenders earning eleven Victoria's Crosses.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stanley Baker	Actor	8-Feb-1927	28-Jun-1976	Knights of the Round Table
Gary Bond	Actor	7-Feb-1940	12-Oct-1995	English theatre actor
James Booth	Actor	19-Dec-1927	11-Aug-2005	Zulu
Richard Burton	Actor	10-Nov-1925	5-Aug-1984	Nineteen Eighty Four
Mangosuthu Buthelezi	Government	27-Aug-1928		Zulu leader, founder of Inkatha Party
Michael Caine	Actor	14-Mar-1933		Get Carter
Nigel Green	Actor	15-Oct-1924	15-May-1972	The Ipcress File
Jack Hawkins	Actor	14-Sep-1910	18-Jul-1973	Land of the Pharaohs
Patrick Magee	Actor	31-Mar-1922	14-Aug-1982	Mr. Alexander in A Clockwork Orange

CAST

Starring
Stanley Baker	...   Lt. John Chard R.E.
Jack Hawkins	...   Otto Witt
Ulla Jacobsson	...   Margareta Witt
James Booth	...   Pvt. Henry Hook
Nigel Green	...   Colour-Sgt. Bourne
Ivor Emmanuel	...   Pvt. Owen
Patrick Magee	...   Surgeon Reynolds
Paul Daneman	...   Sgt. Maxfield
Neil McCarthy	...   Pvt. Thomas
David Kernan	...   Pvt. Hitch
Glynn Edwards	...   Cpl. Allen
And Introducing
Michael Caine	...   Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Gary Bond	...   Pvt. Cole
Peter Gill	...   Pvt. 612 Williams
Tom Gerrard	...   Lance Corporal
Richard Davies	...   Pvt. 593 Jones
Denys Graham	...   Pvt. 716 Jones
Dafydd Havard	...   Gunner Howarth
Dickie Owen	...   Cpl. Schiess
Larry Taylor	...   Hughes
Joe Powell	...   Sgt. Windridge
John Sullivan	...   Stephenson
Harvey Hall	...   Sick Man
Gert van den Bergh	...   Adendorff
Dennis Folbigge	...   Commissary Dalton
Kerry Jordan	...   Company Cook
Ronald Hill	...   Bugler
Mangosuthu Buthelezi	...   Cetewayo
Daniel Tshabalala	...   Jacob
Ephraim Mbhele	...   Red Garters
Simon Sabela	...   Dance Leader
Narration Spoken by
Richard Burton	...   Narrator (voice)

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