

Zulu
Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.7M
- Box office
- $8M
- Language
- English
- africa
- south africa
- british army
- british empire
- based on true story
- mixed martial arts (mma)
- period drama
- attempted rape
- zulu
- tribal warfare
- 19th century
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR17 Jun 1964
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalUPremiere22 Jan 1964
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG20 Aug 1964
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1622 Jan 1964
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1218 Jun 1964
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1317 Jun 1964
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG12 Jun 1964
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT3 Sept 1964
JapanJP
- TheatricalR18+10 Jun 1964
NetherlandsNL
- Physical6DVD18 Oct 2002
- TV6SBS 610 Nov 2002
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/127 Oct 1964
SwedenSE
- Theatrical (limited)1522 Jan 1964
Frequently asked questions
Zulu was released on 22 January 1964.
Audience reviews
2- J10/10
John Chard
9/5/2015
Men of Harlech onto glory. "In the hundred years since the Victoria Cross was created for valour and extreme courage beyond that normally expected of a British soldier in the face of the enemy, only 1,344 have been awarded, 11 of these were won by the defenders of the mission station at Rorke's Drift, Natal, January 22nd to the 23rd 1879" Just typing out that spoken narration from Richard Burton brings me out …
- C8/10
CinemaSerf
3/28/2022
A superb adventure tale about a British battalion charged with the defence of a mission station at Rorke's Drift from an army of Zulu who wish to remove the red devils from their lands. Stanley Baker plays "Lt. Chard" who takes command of this troop of engineers and has to plan and implement the defence of his ramshackle post whilst also combatting the superiority complex of Michael Caine's "Lt. Bromhead" who hails f…
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