Zulu (1964)

NR ★ 7.4/10 138 min Action, Drama, History, War United Kingdom English

Director: Cy Endfield

Writers: Cy Endfield, John Prebble

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Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!

Description

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

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Top Cast

Stanley Baker Lt. John Chard R.E.

Jack Hawkins Rev. Otto Witt

Ulla Jacobsson Margareta Witt

James Booth Pte. Henry Hook

Michael Caine Lt. Gonville Bromhead

Nigel Green Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne

Paul Daneman Sgt. Maxfield

Patrick Magee Surgeon Reynolds

Zulu Appears on 7 Curated Movie Lists

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Paste Magazine The 100 Greatest War Movies

Paste Magazine #85

The Observers Top 100 Film Moments 2

The Observer #74

The Telegraphs 100 Best British Films

The Telegraph #29

The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films

The Telegraph #282

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies

Letterboxd #308

Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies

IndieWire #07

Martin Scorsese's Top Ten Widescreen Films

Letterboxd #10