Zulu (1964)

Regisseur:

Cy Endfield

Drehbuchautoren:

John Prebble (article)
John Prebble (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

17. Juni 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Historienfilm | Kriegsfilm

Werbezeile:

Dwarfing The Mightiest! Towering Over The Greatest!

Plot:

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.

Plot Keywords:

Spear | Fort | South Africa | Stampede | Army Surgeon

Filmpreise:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.

Nutzerkommentare:

Best film ever...

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Aug. 1

8:00 PM

TCM

Besetzung

Stanley Baker	...	Lt. John Chard
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
Ivor Emmanuel	...	Pte. Owen
Paul Daneman	...	Sgt. Robert Maxfield
Glynn Edwards	...	Cpl. William Allen
Neil McCarthy	...	Pte. John Thomas
David Kernan	...	Pte. Fred Hitch
Gary Bond	...	Pte. Thomas Cole
Peter Gill	...	Pte. John '612' Williams
Tom Gerrard	...	Lance Corporal
Patrick Magee	...	Surgeon Maj. James Henry Reynolds

Alternativ:

The Battle of Rorke's Drift (UK) (working title)
Zulu (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Zulu - Die Schlacht von Rorkes Drift (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

138 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch | Zulu

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm optical prints)

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:12 | New Zealand:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M (alternate rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Finland:K-8 | Singapore:PG (DVD rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1989) | UK:U (original rating) | USA:Unrated | West Germany:16

Drehorte:

Drakensburg Mountains, South Africa

Firma:

Diamond Films

Dies und das:

Because of the apartheid laws in South Africa at the time, none of the actors who portrayed the Zulu warriors were allowed to attend the premiere of the movie.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: Neither Bromhead or Chard received their commissions in 1872 as the film states, in fact Bromhead received his in 1871 whilst Chard got his in 1868

Dialogzitate:

Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Now there's a bitter pill. Our own damned rifles!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Chained Girls (1965)

Best film ever...

simply my favourite film. A true story well told.

I wanted to clarify some points from recent reviwers which I hope help exlain some questions. Mainly from Geofbob.

The two Lts. Chard and Bromhead - were new to battle. The reason Chard performed so well may be largely due to the fact that he was an engineer who knew about building defences. The mealie bag wall they build in the film was vital in order to slow up the thousands of zulus.

The victory was not a sure thing because they had guns. The zulus had hundreds of guns capture that morning from the other 1700 British troops that had been killed by the zulus armed with spears.

As to where the Hawkins character went to ? In reality he legged it away from his mission before the battle - later submitting a bill for damages to the British government.

No explanation into the reasons for the battle. No bad thing as the true story of men against men is a worthy tail on its own and any explanation would be open to interpretation - read the history yourself!

One last point everyone enjoys the Men of Harlech scene. Whilst this is poetic license - a very similar incident happened in the Afghan war at the same time. A Btirish regiment cut off and fighting to the end, sang God Save The Queen just before the final Afghan attack - they survived - remember these were very different men from today, no political correctness here and possibly a lot more courage. 10/10

Oh, and by the way Colour Sgt Bourne - very much existed in real life. He was awared the DCM and lived until 1945, the last survivor of Rorkes Drift.