Zulu Dawn

(1979)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 121 votes

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, War

Year: 1979

Runtime: 117 мин

Country: Netherlands, United States of America

Director: Douglas Hickox

Cast: Burt Lancaster, Питер О'Тул, John Mills, Денхолм Эллиотт, Simon Ward, Найджел Дэвенпорт, Michael Jayston, Peter Vaughan, Джеймс Фолкнер, Christopher Cazenove

Plot

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

In 1879 South Africa, the administrators of the British Cape Colony have designs to eliminate the Zulus as a hindrance to their colonial economy. To that end, the British present King Cetshwayo with an impossible ultimatum to provoke a war they are sure they can win easily with their rifles and artillery against native spears. However, that war proves more difficult than the arrogant British commander, Lord Chelmsford, expects as his overburdened army fruitlessly searches for the elusive enemy. However, in the shadow of a hill called Isandlwana, the overconfident British army learns to its sorrow just how badly they have underestimated the tactical skill and might of the Zulu nation.