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Based on an actual historic event, this is the story of a group of British soldiers stationed in Africa who are forced to defend their tiny outpost against an attack by powerful Zulu warriors. They are outnumbered 40-1 but are still ready to fight to the finish.

Product Identifiers

EAN5051368257938

eBay Product ID (ePID)22048557623

Product Key Features

ActorUlla Jacobsson, Nigel Green, Michael Caine, Stanley Baker, James Booth, Jack Hawkins

Film/TV TitleZulu

DirectorCyril Endfield

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time138 Mins

Release Year2014

FormatBlu-ray

FranchiseZulu

Features50th Year Edition\Feature Commentary with film historian Sheldon Hall and ZULU's Second Unit Director Robert Porter\The Music of ZULU\Zulu: Remembering an Epic \The Making of ZULU: Role of Honour\The Making of ZULU... And Snappeth The Spear In Sunder\Theatrical Trailer\Easter Egg (teaser trailer), With Subtitles

GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerJohn Barry

Additional InformationNarrated by Richard Burton and starring an outstanding Michael Caine in his first starring role, ZULU is a tense and dramatic war film about the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879--which was part of the Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa--where approximately 150 British soldiers held off 4,000 Zulu warriors. ZULU is an exceptionally well-made and beautifully shot film from 1964 that demonstrates the bravery of the British troops and also acknowledges the Zulu's bravery. The emotional score of the film was conducted by John Barry. Eleven Victoria Crosses were won in the action, the most in a single battle. Most of the characters in the movie were based on real participants of the battle.

ReviewsVariety - Joseph E. Levine makes an impressive debut in British film production with Zulu, a picture that allows ample scope for his flamboyant approach to showmanship., New York Times - Students of such things in movies should appreciate this one, for it has all the standard ingredients of the heroic hold-the-fort film.

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleZulu

NarratorRichard Burton

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