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FILM DETAILS | | Certificate PG |  | Cast Stanley Baker Michael Caine Jack Hawkins |  | Directors Cy Endfield |  | Screenwriters John Prebble Cy Endfield |  | Running Time 133 minutes |
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EMPIRE ESSAY: Zulu (PG) Plot On the January 22nd 1879 the British Army suffers one of it's worst defeats when Zulu forces massacre 1,500 of its troops. A short time after the main battle a Zulu force numbering in excess of 4000 warriors advances on a British supply dump guarded by 139 Welsh infantrymen. The film concentrates on this bloody 12 hour battle. Verdict As a spectacular war film with a powerful moral dimension, Zulu pre-dates Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan by more than three decades. Like the defence of Rorke's Drift itself, its legend grows with the passing of time.
 Reviewer: Pat Reid Read The Full Empire Review » Click for the full Empire review and post your own review and rating.
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