Google Ads
Login | Sign Up

Zulu Overview:

Zulu (1964) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Cy Endfield and produced by Joseph E. Levine, Stanley Baker and Cy Endfield.

Zulu BlogHub Articles:

Zulu (1964)

By Beatrice on Apr 16, 2018 From Flickers in Time

Zulu Directed by Cy Endfield Written by John Prebble and Cy Endfield 1964/UK Diamond Films First viewing/Netflix rental Adendorff: What the hell do you mean “cowardly blacks?” They died on your side, didn’t they? And who the hell do you think is coming to wipe out your little com... Read full article

Zulu (1964)

By Lê on Jul 31, 2015 From Critica Retro

Zulu (1964) A história é tão velha quanto a humanidade: um grupo invade o espaço de outro por considerar-se mais evoluído / civilizado. O discurso é de boas intenções, de levar conhecimentos e religião para o povo inferior, mas o choque de culturas é mais forte que qualquer ato de... Read full article

Zulu (1964)

By Lê on Nov 30, -0001 From Critica Retro

Zulu (1964) A história é tão velha quanto a humanidade: um grupo invade o espaço de outro por considerar-se mais evoluído / civilizado. O discurso é de boas intenções, de levar conhecimentos e religião para o povo inferior, mas o choque de culturas é mais forte que qualquer ato de... Read full article

See More Zulu Articles

Zulu Quotes:

Lieutenant John Chard: What's our strength?
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Seven officers including surgeon, commissaries and so on; Adendorff now I suppose; wounded and sick 36, fit for duty 97 and about 40 native levies. Not much of an army for you.
Lieutenant John Chard: Good. I can find work for baritones as well as tenors.
Lieutenant John Chard: You didn't say a thing to help, Bromhead.
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Well, when you take command, old boy, you're on your own. One of the first things that the general - my grandfather - ever taught me.
Private Henry Hook: [Throws Sergeant Maxfield across his shoulder] Twenty eight days field punishment! No pay! You know what he did? Sent my money to my Missus.
[Slaps Sereant Maxfield's buttocks]
Private Henry Hook: What did you do that for?
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Now there's a bitter pill. Our own damned rifles!
See More Quotes from Zulu
Zulu Facts
The Epilogue, narrated by Richard Burton, states that 11 soldiers from the battle were awarded the Victoria Cross, which is correct. However, 12 soldiers were actually nominated for the award--the 12th being color sergeant Frank Bourne (played in the film by Nigel Green). On being informed of his nomination he requested that he be given a commission instead, which the army agreed to do, awarding him instead with the Distinguished Service Medal. Bourne was the youngest color sergeant in the British Army at the time and went on to have a distinguished career, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. When Bourne died in 1945 he was the last surviving British soldier from the battle.
James Booth's character, Private Henry Hook, was required to be in the field hospital which were mostly interior shots. Therefore he did not travel with the cast and crew to South Africa for the filming.
Because of the strict apartheid laws enforced in South Africa at the time, the Zulu extras could not be paid equivalent rates to their white counterparts. To get around this, director Cy Endfield gifted all of the animals bought for this film (particularly cows) to the tribes - a gift far more valuable to them than the money that had been denied them.
Several years ago Michael Caine aired a one-man show. He stated that when he finished his audition he was rejected for the part. A few months later he was attending a cocktail party where the producer was also attending. The producer asked him if he still wanted the part, and Cane reminded him that his audition was considered "terrible". The producer replied that the original actor took very ill and the crew was leaving from Heathrow the next morning. Caine shook the producer's hand, left the party and went home to pack his bags.
In real life, Lt. Bromhead, played by Michael Caine as an arrogant "upper class twit", was extremely deaf. It was much more for this reason - rather than the few months' precedence in gaining his commission which Chard (Stanley Baker) claims in the movie - that Bromhead agreed to relinquish command. Chard's precedence, historically, was closer to three years than to the much more dramatic matter of months.
See More Facts about Zulu >>