Zulu

Titolo originale: Zulu
Regia: Cy Endfield |
Anno: 1964
Origine: United Kingdom |
Generi: Azione Dramma Storia Guerra
Tag: africa | south africa | british army | british empire | based on true story | mixed martial arts (mma) | attempted rape | zulu | tribal warfare | 19th century | thoughtful | dramatic |
Cast: Stanley Baker | Jack Hawkins | Ulla Jacobsson | James Booth | Michael Caine | Nigel Green | Paul Daneman | Patrick Magee | Glynn Edwards | Neil McCarthy | David Kernan | Gary Bond | Richard Burton | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | Kerry Jordan | Dennis Folbigge | Gert Van den Bergh | Harvey Hall | John Sullivan | Joe Powell | Larry Taylor | Dickie Owen | Dafydd Havard | Denys Graham | Richard Davies | Tom Gerrard | Peter Gill | Ivor Emmanuel | Simon Sabela |

Spettacolare ricostruzione di un episodio realmente accaduto in Africa alla fine dell'Ottocento. I guerrieri Zulù insorgono contro i bianchi e attaccano una missione. Il coraggio dei difensori li spingerà a deporre le armi.

Errori

In real life, most of the rounds fired by the British either wounded the Zulus or missed them comple [...] D
The cartridges being used, as seen when opening the ammunition box, are of a later design from the 1 [...] D
When Margareta Witt is grabbed for a kiss in the hospital, she pulls away and a few top buttons of h [...] D
The film opens with Otto Witt at Ulundi, as the guest of Cetshwayo. In fact, Cetshwayo disliked Witt [...] D
At the end of the last redoubt scene, the rifle in the foreground is a bolt action Lee-Enfield or Le [...] D
The film's Private Hook (James Booth) is portrayed as a coward, gambler, malingerer and drinker. The [...] D
The final salute by the Zulus did not take place. Some warriors appeared on the hill the following m [...] D
Bayonets and spears wobble, indicating they are made of rubber or some other soft material. Private [...] D
Several Zulu warriors wear wrist watches. D
The 24th is identified as the "South Wales Borderers". In 1879 the regiment was the 2nd Warwickshire [...] D
In the hospital, the holes in the walls to be used as loopholes and to escape from one room to the n [...] D
The Zulu chief Cetewayo did not send his impi to attack Rorke's Drift; he ordered that the installat [...] D
Chard and Bromhead's Webley Mark VI revolvers were introduced during World War I. D
A camera shadow is on Chard's helmet as he walks along the bag wall. D
When De Witt is held is the storeroom before the first attack, some tunic jackets are hanging on the [...] D
Chard breaks open his revolver twice within a few seconds. D
The area surrounding the actual Rorke's Drift is nowhere near as mountainous as in this movie. D
Incorrectly regard as a goof. With regard to the same shield seen by the departing Zulu and being st [...] D
When Bromhead, Chard, and Adendorff first speak, Bromhead is standing still with the knob atop a mou [...] D
A camera shadow falls on Bromhead's right shoulder after he tells Chard he did it. D
In real life, both Bromhead and Chard wore blue tunics. They also had mustaches. D
A camera shadow is on the shield as the Zulu sneak up for the first engagement. D
As the soldiers move into the redoubt before the dawn raid toward the end of the film, the shadows c [...] D
The soldiers wear parade dress uniforms, including white helmets displaying the regimental crest. On [...] D
On one of the DVD extras, Stanley Baker's widow, Ellen Martin, says she remembers so well how on the [...] D
A few battle scenes show British soldiers with bolt-action rifles. D
Witt's actions during the battle are completely fictionalized. He owned the property at Rorke's Drif [...] D
The Zulus only made one concerted charge at the British ramparts early in the battle. They quickly r [...] D
The Commissary Doctor lifts the lid on a pot of boiling soup. It should be too hot to handle. D
At one point, a bright flash of sunshine reflects briefly off something on the hill behind Rorke's D [...] D
When Cpl. Allen is shot while helping Hitch, he grasps the right side of his chest. In all other sce [...] D
In the hospital before the battle, Jones tells Cpl. Schiess that he belongs to "C Company". B Compan [...] D
The young women dancing in the open mass wedding wear black panties. At the time of the battle, they [...] D
Rev DeWitt was not at Chetewayo's kraal in Ulundi for either the battle of Isandlawana or Rorke's Dr [...] D
After Pvt. Hook breaks into the doctor's cabinet and steals the brandy, he smashes the top off. When [...] D
When the Witt missionaries leave the Zulu camp they get into the cart, but as the cart rides out of [...] D
In the movie, "Men of Harlech" is the unit's regimental song. At the time of the battle, the regimen [...] D
In the film, the Zulus use rifles captured at Isandlwana. In real life, the Zulu force at Rorke's Dr [...] D
In the opening scene showing the aftermath of the battle of Isandlwana, there is no blood visible on [...] D
The Natal Native Contingent soldiers were not frightened away by the ravings of a pastor, but by the [...] D
A camera shadow falls on a bandaged soldier after the company roll call. D
During the battle in the hospital, when Hook bayonets a Zulu up against the wall, the bayonet clearl [...] D
An early scene with soldiers working on a dam at the base shows the Drakensberg Amphitheatre in the [...] D
When Sgt. Maxfield faints in the hospital, Hook walks over and stands over him with both hands empty [...] D
Cpl. Schiess was in the Natal Native Contingent, not the Mounted Police as stated in the film. D
The British officer states that the Zulu riflemen cannot fire from the hill because the chief is afr [...] D
During the opening dance sequence, a messenger approaches the area where the Chief and Witt sit. Sha [...] D
A camera shadow is on the ground between the two rows of Zulus prior to attack. D
The Zulu regiments that attacked Rorke's Drift had been ordered not to cross into Natal from Zululan [...] D
In the film, Bromhead and Chard received their commissions in 1872. In real life, Chard got his in 1 [...] D
The same Zulu stunt warriors are killed at least three different times during the battle. D
When Lt. Bromhead returns from his hunt, the bearers are carrying a dead cheetah and a springbok. Th [...] D
When Lieut Bromhead (Michael Caine) is fighting the Zulus on the roof of the hospital building, his [...] D
When Chard fights the two Zulus who break through the line, a soldier near him is shot and slumps ov [...] D
Chard and Bromhead did not have to compare promotion dates to determine seniority. Chard had been pu [...] D
As Chard is taken to the hospital, a soldier leans on the railing outside the hospital door. Both ar [...] D
To simulate 4,000 Zulu warriors lining up on a ridge, with only 500 Zulu extras, long wooden frames [...] D
When the messenger approaches the king, the sun shines on the king's left shoulder. In the following [...] D
The young soldier guarding Witt addresses Colour Sgt. Bourne as "Sir." Bourne was not a commissioned [...] D
Pvt. Hitch is shot through the thigh by a Zulu sniper. In real life, he was shot through the shoulde [...] D
In two different scenes, when the soldiers are given marching orders, they start to move before the [...] D
Bromhead refers to "a lesson the General, my grandfather, taught me". Lt. Gen. Sir Gonville Bromhead [...] D
The NCO badges of rank are on the soldiers' left arms. They should be on their right arms. D
Jet contrails are visible. D
When the warriors line up at the top of the mountain to sing their salute to the defenders, one of t [...] D
When Rev. Otto Witt flees Cetewayo's kraal after the report of the massacre at Isandlwana, the drive [...] D
When a Zulu warrior in the hospital is shot and falls backwards, he is wearing a pair of red flip-fl [...] D
The film indicates that the number of NNC (Natal Native Contingent) soldiers were very few. In fact [...] D