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Zulu Dawn
1:00 pm - 3:20 pm Monday, September 14
Zulu Dawn
Fact-based drama, chronicling the rising tensions between British colonial forces and Zulu tribes in 1879, culminating in the massacre at Isandlwana in which more than 1,500 British soldiers died shortly before the attack on Rorke's Drift. Prequel to Zulu, starring Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Denholm Elliott, John Mills, Simon Ward and Nigel Davenport
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- Burt Lancaster — Actor as Col Anthony Durnford
- Peter O'Toole — Actor as Lord Chelmsford
- Simon Ward — Actor as William Vereker
- John Mills — Actor as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
- Denholm Elliott — Actor as Lt Col Pulleine
- Nigel Davenport — Actor as Col Hamilton-Brown
- Michael Jayston — Actor as Col Crealock
- Freddie Jones — Actor as Bishop Colenso
- Douglas Hickox — Director
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