---
title: 'Zulu Dawn (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Douglas Hickox'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'South Africa'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Netherlands'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/zulu-dawn-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080180/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Zulu Dawn (1979)

1979 · 113 min · War · South Africa, United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States


## Synopsis

Zulu Dawn is a 1979 British-American adventure war film directed by Douglas Hickox and written by Anthony Storey and Cy Endfield. It is based on Endfield's book of the same name about the historical Battle of Isandlwana in 1879 between British and Zulu forces in South Africa.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [James Faulkner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-faulkner)
- **Director:** [Douglas Hickox](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-hickox)
- **Screenplay:** [Cy Endfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/cy-endfield)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ousama Rawi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ousama-rawi)
- **Editor:** [Malcolm Cooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-cooke)

## Cast

- [Freddie Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-jones)
- [John Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mills) as Henry Bartle Frere
- [Nicholas Clay](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-clay)
- [Peter O'Toole](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-o-toole) as Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford
- [Brian O'Shaughnessy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-o-shaughnessy)
- [Christopher Cazenove](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-cazenove) as Nevill Coghill
- [James Faulkner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-faulkner) as Teignmouth Melvill
- [Donald Pickering](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pickering)
- [Simon Sabela](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-sabela) as Cetshwayo kaMpande
- [Denholm Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/denholm-elliott) as Henry Pulleine
- [Simon Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-ward) as Lt. William Vereker
- [Dai Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/dai-bradley)
- [Michael Jayston](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-jayston) as Henry Hope Crealock
- [Ronald Pickup](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-pickup) as Lieutenant Harford
- [Peter Vaughan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-vaughan) as Quartermaster Bloomfield

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/zulu-dawn-1979
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