Zulu

1964

Action / Drama / History / War

37
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 97% · 29 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 45479 45.5K

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Director

Cy Endfield Photo
Cy Endfield

Top cast

Michael Caine Photo
Michael Caine as Lt. Gonville Bromhead
James Booth Photo
James Booth as Pvt. Henry Hook
Nigel Green Photo
Nigel Green as Colour-Sergeant Bourne
Richard Burton Photo
Richard Burton as Narration spoken by
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1.14 GB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
2 hr 18 min
Seeds 17
2.21 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
2 hr 18 min
Seeds 37

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Nazi_Fighter_David 9 / 10

Stephen Dade captures the luscious colorful landscapes and the sense of strange isolation...

Reviewed by brogmiller 7 / 10

Because they're there.

It is only natural I suppose for an avowed socialist such as Stanley Baker to have formed a professional bond with two of Hollywood's blacklisted liberals. Some of Baker's best work is for Joseph Losey while 'Zulu' is the finest and most commercially successful of his collaborations with Cy Endfield.Adapted by John Prebble from his own article, it is shot on location amidst the grandeur of the Drakensberg Mountains in glorious Technirama 70mm by Stephen Dade, has one of John Barry's strongest scores, excellent editing by John Jympson, especially in the battle sequences and boasts a strong cast.Stanley Baker gives his customarily earthy, no-nonsense performance as Chard whilst Michael Caine in his breakthrough role as Bromhead has ironically been obliged to disguise his cockney roots and has never been quite as effete. Caine was originally considered for the part of Private Hook which went to James Booth whose performance ranks as his finest filmic hour. The requirements of film have dictated that Hook be portrayed as a thief and drunkard whereas in reality he was by all accounts a model soldier. Marvellous support from the imposing Nigel Green as Colour-Sergeant Bourne although the original Bourne was a mere 5' 3''. Patrick Magee impresses as Surgeon Reynolds whilst the superlative Jack Hawkins steals his scenes as the missionary Witt(wisely eschewing a Swedish accent)Since the film was released there has been a seismic historical shift and nations have been forced to come to terms with their colonial past. One observer has noted that this is essentially 'a cavalry Western in which white men kill indigenous people in order to steal their land and are deemed heroic for doing so.' Empire-making has become synonymous with ethnic-cleansing.Despite is dramatic licence, glaring inaccuracies and ideological flaws this film is a well-constructed, stirring, Kiplingesque tale of derring-do and individual bravery that has deservedly remained a perennial favourite..
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