Zulu is a great war film with a great cast which includes Jack Hawkins, Stanley Baker and Michael Caine in his first major role which in my opinion is one of his best performances. Hawkins had already starred in the war classics The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia and Baker had starred in the Guns of Naverone. The score was composed by the late great John Barry and is one of my favorites of all his scores and one of my favorite war themes. The film is based on a true story about the British in South Africa during the late 1870's. The first shot shows the
Battle of Isandlwana where 1,300 British troops were killed after being overwhelmed by the Zulu's who lost 1,000 men in the battle. So a group of about 90 British soldiers some of whom are wounded must fight off thousands of Zulu's. It is a very good war film and a must watch if you are looking for a good war film.
Zulu is a great war film with a great cast which includes Jack Hawkins, Stanley Baker and Michael Caine in his first major role which in my opinion is one of his best performances. Hawkins had already starred in the war classics The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia and Baker had starred in the Guns of Naverone. The score was composed by the late great John Barry and is one of my favorites of all his scores and one of my favorite war themes. The film is based on a true story about the British in South Africa during the late 1870's. The first shot shows the Battle of Isandlwana where 1,300 British troops were killed after being overwhelmed by the Zulu's who lost 1,000 men in the battle. So a group of about 90 British soldiers some of whom are wounded must fight off thousands of Zulu's. It is a very good war film and a must watch if you are looking for a good war film.
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