Zulu Dawn (1979)

Editor's Note ZULU DAWN depicts the bloody Battle of Isandhlwana, in which 30,000 Zulu warriors wiped out nearly 1,500 British troops stationed in Natal. The film focuses most sharply on the preparations for battle and the political situation in the region at that time. Taking Zulu chief Cetshwayo's defiant stance on tribal customs as a declaration of war, General Lord Chelmsford sends in hundreds of British troops in order to squash the spear-carrying Africans with superior fire power. The sheer number of Zulus, however, overwhelms the British infantry.

	Nigel Davenport
	Christopher Cazenove
	Bob Hoskins
	Simon Ward
	Anna Calder
	John Mills
	Denholm Elliott
	Peter O'Toole
	Burt Lancaster
	Malcolm Cooke - Editor
	Nate Kohn - Producer
	Elmer Bernstein - Composer
	John Rosewarne - Art Director
	Cy Endfield - Writer
	Ousama Rawi - Cinematographer
	Douglas Hickox - Director

Dramatic and true story recounting the breathtaking defeat of British forces at the hands of a 25,000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu Army.

"Let us hope, gentlemen, that this will be in the Final Solution (sic) to the Zulu problem." ---- Sir Henry Bartle Frere (JOHN MILLS)

Variety
"...The action sequences are superbly handled....[The] technical credits are faultless....Bernstein's music is also evocative..." 05/23/1979

New York Times
"...[A] sweeping battle film..." 07/11/1982 p.39