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Zulu
1964
· Movie
· 138 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #722
- IMDb #765
- Google retired #481
- Rotten Tomatoes #168
- Metacritic #1146
- Letterboxd #1254
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #245
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #449
- Metacritic Audience #1849
- Criticker #518
- Kinopoisk #1331
- AlloCiné #1363
- Trakt #1416
Every rating
64–97
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the most agreed on films →During the Anglo-Zulu War, a massive force of Zulu warriors attacks a remote British mission station. Vastly outnumbered, a small garrison of British soldiers must defend the station, showcasing the courage and tactics of both sides during the historical Battle of Rorke's Drift.
Details
- Director
- Cy Endfield
- Writers
- Cy Endfield, John Prebble
- Based on
- Battle of Rorke's Drift
- Studio
- Diamond Films UK
- Released
- 22 January 1964
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Zulu
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.7M
- Box office
- $8.0M
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Cast
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Awards
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total
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