Zulu Dawn 44 years old

The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!

Zulu Dawn

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

Credits

Zulu Dawn Cast

Name Character
Len Sparrowhawk as Trooper James
Bob Hoskins He was 36, 71 years old when he died as C.S.M. Williams
Paul Copley He was 34, now 79 years old as Cpl. Storey
Denholm Elliott He was 56, 70 years old when he died as Colonel Pulleine
Nicholas Clay He was 32, 53 years old when he died as Lt. Raw
Burt Lancaster He was 65, 80 years old when he died as Col. Anthony Durnford
Ronald Lacey He was 43, 55 years old when he died as Norris Newman
John Mills He was 71, 97 years old when he died as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
James Faulkner He was 30, now 75 years old as Lt. Melvill
Freddie Jones He was 51, 91 years old when he died as Bishop Colenso
Christopher Cazenove He was 35, 66 years old when he died as Lt. Coghill
Peter O'Toole He was 46, 81 years old when he died as Lord Chelmsford
Michael Jayston He was 43, now 88 years old as Col. Crealock
Phil Daniels He was 20, now 65 years old as Boy Pullen
Ronald Pickup He was 38, now 83 years old as Lt. Harford
Anna Calder-Marshall She was 32, now 77 years old as Fanny Colenso
Peter Vaughan He was 56, 93 years old when he died as QSM Bloomfield
Patrick Mynhardt He was 46, 75 years old when he died as Col. Harness
Ken Gampu He was 49, 74 years old when he died as Mantshonga
Simon Ward He was 37, 70 years old when he died as Lt. Vereker
Ian Yule He was 48, now 93 years old as Cpl. Fields
Simon Sabela He was 48, 62 years old when he died as Cetshwayo
Brian O'Shaughnessy He was 47, 70 years old when he died as Maj. Smith R.A.
Don Leonard He was 54, 77 years old when he died as Fannin
Claire Marshall She was 4, now 49 years old as Mrs de Witt
Nigel Davenport He was 50, 85 years old when he died as Col. Hamilton-Brown
Peter J. Elliott He was 48, now 93 years old as Sentry

Zulu Dawn Crew

Name Department
Irene Lamb as Casting. Production
Dieter Nobbe as Associate Producer. Production
Robin Gregory as Sound Mixer. He was 43 (68) years old when He died Sound
Ousama Rawi as Director of Photography. He was 40 (now 84) years old Camera
Malcolm Cooke as Editor. He was 49 (79) years old when He died Editing
Elmer Bernstein as Original Music Composer. He was 57 (82) years old when He died Sound
Anthony Story as Screenplay. Writing
Colin Arthur as Makeup Department Head. Costume & Make-Up
Cy Endfield as Screenplay. He was 64 (80) years old when He died Writing
Douglas Hickox as Director. He was 50 (59) years old when He died Directing
Nate Kohn as Producer. Production
Zulu Dawn poster
Zulu Dawn (44 years)

The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!

  • Release day: Monday, May 14, 1979
  • Runtime: 117 minutes