Zulu (1964)

Adapted from a true story, "Zulu" retells the harrowing tragedy of the British Army on January 22nd 1879 when Zulu warriors ransacked and killed 1,500 British soldiers (one of the British's most devastating defeats recorded) at Isandlhwana. Shortly thereafter the Zulue gather a tribe of 4,000+ strong to wage war against an inept British hospital where nothing buth the infirmary and a few able men, British soldier and Welsh infantry alike, are present to "hold" British ground. What follows is carnage in a bloody 12hr+ battle where British troops under the command of Lt. John Chard (Baker) of the Royal Engineers and Lt. Gonville Bromhead (Caine), do their best to achieve victory. Endfield's adaptation is, though slightly free with its historical lens, altogether realistic in depicting this hallmark moment in the period of Western Imperialism and British rule in Africa.

The cast includes: Michael Caine, Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, and Patrick Magee.

Written by: John Prebble (article and screenplay) and Cy Endfield.

Directed by: Cy Endfield. MORE

Genre: Drama, Action, History, War.

Tagline: "Nothing to hold a man in his grave…"