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Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn (1979)Cast and Crew

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

Cast

B
Burt Lancaster
as Col. Anthony Durnford
S
Simon Ward
as Lt. Vereker
D
Denholm Elliott
as Colonel Pulleine
P
Peter Vaughan
as QSM Bloomfield
J
James Faulkner
as Lt. Melvill
C
Christopher Cazenove
as Lt. Coghill
B
Bob Hoskins
as C.S.M. Williams
D
David Bradley
as Pte Williams
P
Paul Copley
as Cpl. Storey
D
Donald Pickering
as Maj. Russell R.A.
N
Nicholas Clay
as Lt. Raw
P
Phil Daniels
as Boy Pullen
I
Ian Yule
as Cpl. Fields
P
Peter J. Elliott
as Sentry
B
Brian O'Shaughnessy
as Maj. Smith R.A.
J
Jan Bruyns
as Elder Boer
S
Sydney Chama
as S.M. Kambula
L
Len Sparrowhawk
as Trooper James
P
Peter O'Toole
as Lord Chelmsford
N
Nigel Davenport
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
M
Michael Jayston
as Col. Crealock
R
Ronald Pickup
as Lt. Harford
R
Ronald Lacey
as Norris Newman
D
Don Leonard
as Fannin
P
Patrick Mynhardt
as Col. Harness
C
Christopher Chittell
as Lt. Milne
S
Simon Sabela
as Cetshwayo
K
Ken Gampu
as Mantshonga
G
Gilbert Tjabane
as Bayele
A
Abe Temba
as Uhama
M
Muntu Ndebele
as Siswe
P
Paul Mafela
as Zulu Prisoner
J
John Mills
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
F
Freddie Jones
as Bishop Colenso
A
Anna Calder-Marshall
as Fanny Colenso
K
Kenneth Baker
as Mr de Witt
C
Claire Marshall
as Mrs de Witt
V
Vivienne Drummond
as Lady Frere
G
Graham Armitage
as Capt. Shepstone (uncredited)
T
Terrick Fitzhugh
as Jackson (uncredited)
R
Ross Kettle
as Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited)
M
Michael Richard
as Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited)
L
Larry Taylor
as Grenadier (uncredited)
A
Ashley Waldorf
as Field Hospital Casualty (uncredited)

Crew

D
Douglas Hickox
Director
C
Cy Endfield
Screenplay
A
Anthony Story
Screenplay
N
Nate Kohn
Producer
E
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
O
Ousama Rawi
Director of Photography
M
Malcolm Cooke
Editor
C
Cy Endfield
Story
J
James Faulkner
Co-Producer
G
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Mixer
R
Robin O'Donoghue
Sound Assistant
D
Don Sharpe
Sound Editor
T
Terry Sharratt
Boom Operator
P
Peter MacDonald
Second Unit Director
R
Robin Gregory
Sound Mixer
D
David Tomblin
Second Unit Director
D
Dieter Nobbe
Associate Producer
B
Barrie Saint Clair
Executive Producer
I
Irene Lamb
Casting
J
John Rosewarne
Production Design
P
Peter Williams
Art Direction
J
John Buckley
Costume Design
C
Colin Polson
Hair Department Head
C
Colin Arthur
Makeup Department Head

Zulu Collection

The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Following the British North America Act of 1867 for the federation in Canada, by Lord Carnarvon, it was thought that similar political effort, coupled with military campaigns, might succeed with the African Kingdoms, tribal areas and Boer republics in South Africa. In 1874, Sir Bartle Frere was sent to South Africa as High Commissioner for the British Empire to effect such plans. Among the obstacles were the armed independent states of the South African Republic and the Kingdom of Zululand. Frere, on his own initiative, sent a provocative ultimatum on 11 December 1878 to the Zulu king Cetshwayo and upon its rejection sent Lord Chelmsford to invade Zululand. The war is notable for several particularly bloody battles.