Zulu Dawn

The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

Adventure Drama History War

Burt Lancaster

(Col. Anthony Durnford)

Simon Ward

(Lt. Vereker)

Denholm Elliott

(Colonel Pulleine)

Peter Vaughan

(QSM Bloomfield)

James Faulkner

(Lt. Melvill)

Christopher Cazenove

(Lt. Coghill)

Bob Hoskins

(C.S.M. Williams)

David Bradley

(Pte Williams)

Paul Copley

(Cpl. Storey)

Donald Pickering

(Maj. Russell R.A.)

Nicholas Clay

(Lt. Raw)

Phil Daniels

(Boy Pullen)

Ian Yule

(Cpl. Fields)

Peter J. Elliott

(Sentry)

Brian O'Shaughnessy

(Maj. Smith R.A.)

Jan Bruyns

(Elder Boer)

Sydney Chama

(S.M. Kambula)

Len Sparrowhawk

(Trooper James)

Peter O'Toole

(Lord Chelmsford)

Nigel Davenport

(Col. Hamilton-Brown)

Michael Jayston

(Col. Crealock)

Ronald Pickup

(Lt. Harford)

Ronald Lacey

(Norris Newman)

Don Leonard

(Fannin)

Patrick Mynhardt

(Col. Harness)

Christopher Chittell

(Lt. Milne)

Simon Sabela

(Cetshwayo)

Ken Gampu

(Mantshonga)

Gilbert Tjabane

(Bayele)

Abe Temba

(Uhama)

Muntu Ndebele

(Siswe)

Paul Mafela

(Zulu Prisoner)

John Mills

(Sir Henry Bartle Frere)

Freddie Jones

(Bishop Colenso)

Anna Calder-Marshall

(Fanny Colenso)

Kenneth Baker

(Mr de Witt)

Claire Marshall

(Mrs de Witt)

Vivienne Drummond

(Lady Frere)

Graham Armitage

(Capt. Shepstone (uncredited))

Terrick Fitzhugh

(Jackson (uncredited))

Ross Kettle

(Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited))

Michael Richard

(Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited))

Larry Taylor

(Grenadier (uncredited))

Ashley Waldorf

(Field Hospital Casualty (uncredited))