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1979 | DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS HICKOX

Zulu Dawn

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Movie Stats
Year
1979
Runtime
 98 minutes (1 hr 38 mins)
Select Cast
Peter O'Toole
Burt Lancaster
Simon Ward
Denholm Elliott
Peter Vaughan
James Faulkner
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4th May 2021
Last viewed:
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Total views:
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Release Dates
US release date
 US release
15th May 1979
47 years 3 months  ago
France release date
 France
15th May 1979
47 years 3 months  ago
Brazil release date
 Brazil
21st September 1979
46 years 10 months 24 days ago
South Africa release date
 South Africa
23rd April 1980
46 years 3 months 22 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
8th May 1980
46 years 3 months 7 days ago
Colombia release date
 Colombia
28th August 1980
45 years 11 months 18 days ago
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Directed by
douglas hickox Douglas Hickox
Starring
Burt LancasterCol. Durnford
Simon WardLt. Vereker
Denholm ElliottCol. Pulleine
Peter VaughanQ.S.M. Bloomfield
James FaulknerLt. Melvill
Christopher CazenoveLt. Coghill
Bob HoskinsC.S.M. Williams
David BradleyPte. Williams
Paul CopleyCpl. Storey
Donald PickeringMaj. Russell R.A.
Nicholas ClayLt. Raw
Phil DanielsBoy Pullen
Ian YuleCpl. Fields
Peter J. ElliottSentry
Brian OShaughnessyMaj. Smith R.A.
Jan BruynsElder Boer
Sydney ChamaS.M. Kambula
Len SparrowhawkTrooper James
douglas hickoxPeter O'TooleLord Chelmsford
Nigel DavenportCol. Hamilton-Brown
Michael JaystonCol. Crealock
Ronald PickupLt. Harford
Ronald LaceyNorris Newman
Don LeonardFannin
Patrick MynhardtCol. Harness
Christopher ChittellLt. Milne
Simon SabelaCetshwayo
Ken GampuMantshonga
Gilbert TjabaneBayele
Abe TembaUhama
Muntu NdebeleSiswe
Paul MafelaZulu Prisoner
John MillsSir Henry Bartle Frere
Freddie JonesBishop Colenso
Anna Calder-MarshallFanny Colenso
Kenneth BakerMr. de Witt
Clare MarshallMrs. de Witt
Vivienne DrummondLady Frere
Graham ArmitageCapt. Shepstone
Ray DaviesSgt. Murphy
Norman ElsIsandhlwana Redcoat
Terrick FitzhughJackson
Michael RichardIsandhlwana Redcoat
Larry TaylorGrenadier
Ashley WaldorfField Hospital Casualty
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News from around the web
Zulu Dawn review – fine ensemble cast show arrogance that led to British imperial disaster  The Guardian Thu, 12th March 2026

‘I wanted a bloodbath’: The race war behind the film Zulu Dawn  The Telegraph Thu, 12th March 2026

Bombast: It’s War  Film Comment Fri, 8th May 2026

Zulu Dawn Review  empireonline.com Thu, 3rd August 2006

Zulu Dawn  DVD Talk Sat, 9th March 2013

War on Film: Zulu  The Past website Thu, 16th September 2021

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