---
title: 'Zulu (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cy Endfield'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/zulu-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058777/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Zulu (1964)

1964 · 138 min · Drama, Adventure, War, History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Zulu is a 1964 British epic historical drama film depicting the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift between a detachment of the British Army and the Zulu, in the Anglo-Zulu War. The film was directed and co-written by American screenwriter Cy Endfield. He had moved to the United Kingdom in 1951 for work after being blacklisted in Hollywood. It was produced by Stanley Baker and Endfield, with Joseph E. Levine as executive producer. The screenplay was by Endfield and historical writer John Prebble, based on Prebble's 1958 Lilliput article "Slaughter in the Sun".

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Stanley Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-baker)
- **Director:** [Cy Endfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/cy-endfield)
- **Screenplay:** [Cy Endfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/cy-endfield)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-barry)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stephen Dade](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-dade)
- **Editor:** [John Jympson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-jympson)

## Cast

- [Neil McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-mccarthy) as Private Thomas
- [Denys Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/denys-graham) as Robert Jones
- [Stanley Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-baker) as John Chard
- [Jack Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hawkins) as Reverend Otto Witt
- [Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mangosuthu-buthelezi) as Cetshwayo kaMpande
- [Glynn Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/glynn-edwards) as William Allen
- [Richard Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-davies) as William Jones
- [Peter Gill](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-gill) as John Williams
- [Joe Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-powell) as Sergeant Joseph Windridge
- [Dickie Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dickie-owen) as Ferdinand Schiess
- [Harvey Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-hall) as Sick Man
- [Paul Daneman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-daneman) as Sergeant Robert Maxfield
- [Ivor Emmanuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivor-emmanuel) as Private Owen
- [James Booth](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-booth) as Henry Hook
- [Patrick Magee](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-magee) as James Henry Reynolds

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