Zulu watch order
There are 2 Zulu films, about 4.3 hours in total. The first was released in 1964, the latest in 1979. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Following the British North America Act of 1867 for the federation in Canada, by Lord Carnarvon, it was thought that similar political effort, coupled with military campaigns, might succeed with the African Kingdoms, tribal areas and Boer republics in South Africa. In 1874, Sir Bartle Frere was sent to South Africa as High Commissioner for the British Empire to effect such plans. Among the obstacles were the armed independent states of the South African Republic and the Kingdom of Zululand. Frere, on his own initiative, sent a provocative ultimatum on 11 December 1878 to the Zulu king Cetshwayo and upon its rejection sent Lord Chelmsford to invade Zululand. The war is notable for several particularly bloody battles.
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Zulu (1964)
22 Jan 1964 · 138 min
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.
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Zulu Dawn (1979)
14 May 1979 · 117 min
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.