Zulu
A determined British lieutenant must rally his outnumbered garrison to hold the remote Rorke’s Drift station against a relentless wave of Zulu warriors, risking everything to prevent a devastating defeat.
“Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!”
Synopsis
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, Lt. Chard, a man-of-the-people, and Lt. Bromhead, described as snooty, were responsible for defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from a large Zulu force.
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Principal cast & crew: 34
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Craft leads on file
Edited by John JympsonShot by Stephen DadeScored by John Barry
Box Office
1964 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.7× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$8.0M
Also known as
- Zulu - Die Schlacht von Rorkes Driftde
- Zulúes
- Zouloufr
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Cast & Crew
34 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Stanley Baker
as Lt. John Chard R. E.
Jack Hawkins
as Otto Witt
Ulla Jacobsson
as Margareta Witt
James Booth
as Pvt. Henry Hook
Michael Caine
as Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Nigel Green
as Colour-Sergeant Bourne
Ivor Emmanuel
as Pvt. Owen
Paul Daneman
as Sgt. Maxfield
Patrick Magee
as Surgeon Reynolds
Glynn Edwards
as Cpl. Allen
Neil Mccarthy
as Pvt. Thomas
David Kernan
as Pvt. Hitch
Supporting cast
17Gary Bond
as Pvt. Cole
Richard Burton
as Narration spoken (voice)
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
as Cetewayo
Kerry Jordan
as Company cook
Dennis Folbigge
as Commissary Dalton
Gert Van Den Bergh
as Adendorff
Harvey Hall
as Stickman
John Sullivan
as Stephenson
Joe Powell
as Sergeant Windridge
Larry Taylor
as Hughes
Dickie Owen
as Corporal Schiess
Dafydd Havard
as Gunner Howarth
Denys Graham
as Private 716 Jones
Richard Davies
as Private 593 Jones
Tom Gerrard
as Lance / Corporal
Peter Gill
as Private 612 Williams
Simon Sabela
as Dance Leader
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