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Zulu
· 1964

Zulu

Cy Endfield
military combat colonial conflict class tension siege warfare heroism under adversity
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Synopsis

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

This Film Influenced

→ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

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