Directed by:
Douglas HickoxCinematography:
Ousama RawiComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott, Peter Vaughan, Christopher Cazenove, Bob Hoskins, Nicholas Clay, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Peter O'Toole (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Drama about the infamous 1879 Battle of Islandlhwana, wherein some 1,500 British soldiers where slaughtered by 16 times their number of Zulu warriors led by legendary chief Cetshwayo. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Burt Lancaster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384699_2ca976.png)
Burt Lancaster
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
1900 (1976)
![Simon Ward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/479/161479458_cd9faa.jpg)
Simon Ward
UK
Best movies:
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
Aces High (1976)
![Denholm Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267410_7cbbf8.jpg)
Denholm Elliott
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Bangkok Hilton (1989) (series)
![Peter Vaughan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272527_c65377.jpg)
Peter Vaughan
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) (TV movie)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
![Christopher Cazenove](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272329_17a66a.jpg)
Christopher Cazenove
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Bob Hoskins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/236/164236169_48a1b3.jpg)
Bob Hoskins
UK
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Brazil (1985)
![Nicholas Clay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396099_239555.jpg)
Nicholas Clay
UK
Best movies:
Excalibur (1981)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Brian O'Shaughnessy
UK
Best movies:
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Slavers (1978)
![Peter O'Toole](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/126/166126645_59b622.jpg)
Peter O'Toole
Ireland
Best movies:
Ratatouille (2007)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
![Nigel Davenport](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/932/164932410_273f54.jpg)
Nigel Davenport
UK
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Christmas Carol (1984) (TV movie)
![Ronald Lacey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416804_a36f8f.jpg)
Ronald Lacey
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
![John Mills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390322_b915e3.png)
John Mills
UK
![Freddie Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159952_fa26cf.jpg)
Freddie Jones
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
The Last Butterfly (1990)
![Anna Calder-Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/115/160115866_4281b4.jpg)
Anna Calder-Marshall
UK
Best movies:
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
![Graham Armitage](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/593/161593313_8867cb.jpg)
Graham Armitage
UK
Best movies:
Shaka Zulu (1986) (series)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
![David Bradley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276161_3b535e.jpg)
David Bradley
UK
Best movies:
Kes (1969)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
![James Faulkner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/198/163198232_a21301.jpg)
James Faulkner
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Deceptions (1985) (TV movie)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
![Ronald Pickup](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/517/164517314_3dc4fb.png)
Ronald Pickup
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Mission (1986)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
![Phil Daniels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/554/163554115_ebcf2f.jpg)
Phil Daniels
UK
Best movies:
The Best of Blur (2000) (video compilation)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Long Firm (2004) (TV movie)
![Paul Copley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/510/160510977_ac8141.jpg)
Paul Copley
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998) (TV movie)
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV movie)
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) (TV movie)