Zulu Dawn 4K 1979 Director's Cut Ultra HD 2160p

The year is 1879. The valiant British troops, led by Lord Chelmsford, are advancing through South Africa to “settle the Zulu question once and for all.” The Zulu king, Ketshwayo, considered the British his allies; their invasion of Zulu territory came as a complete surprise to the Africans.

And then the Zulus attacked a large British force of 1,500 men and routed it; the bloody battle cost the lives of nearly all the British soldiers.

User Review
This movie had the potential of being great - what with us going well over budget ($52mill) We had the stars - most being very professional but with two major flaws - with incompetents such as Douglas Hickox and Peter O'Toole (directly responsible for the over-budgeting) 2nd Unit Director, David Tomblin and Peter Mc Donald - 2n Unit film Director were largely responsible for saving the production - in many more ways than one.

Our skeleton crew had to re-shoot many scenes. It took a lot of serious brainstorming and communication with the amaZulu to be able to complete this very important depiction of one of many battlers that took place between the "natives" and the invading colonialist (Boer & British) armies.

The passion, pathos, emotion and pain of reliving this momentous battle had an immense effect on myself, especially as I was one of the isiZulu Interpretors and Liaison people - as well as one of the second assistants.

The scenery may well have been spectacular; but working in such close/intimate - trusting proximity with 6000 amaZulu warriors was an experience beyond all comprehension.

I still regard this movie to be a very valuable one - especially since the fall of the previous South African regime and highly recommend it.