I was 18 when I first watched this film. It has remained my favourite for 55 years. It does not denigrate the Zulu. It deals with bravery on both sides.
The Zulu warriors are far greater then the greek and Roman Army's they defeated a more advanced army with just spears shields and pure wit magnificent truly magnificent
I remember when I saw this film at the cinema just after it first came out. I sat there with jaw dropped all the way through. A film that puts the soldiers and the Zulu Army on an equal footing. Based on a real event in British and South African History.
What honour they had... They could have easily killed till the last, but chose to salute............. I feel bad to think we went back with the Maxim machine gun ☠️💥😵😭😱 When will we truly live together 😍👍🇬🇧🆘✌️🤫
@@garybrockwell2031 Er Hello.. if they could, they would ( have killed to the last) ... Don't spin it that they were not on their own mission to invade and take over land as the Matabele will tell you. . In this case, their plans were met with more resistance they they expected and caused them to withdrawal. It really isn't a difficult concept to understand and has happened throughout history and was never, ever, a black or white thing.
Wonderful film ..I lived there for 30 years ….in Natal…but in reality the Zulu did not salute as they did at the end of the film..but a magnificent ending ❤
This was my older brother's favorite. My youngest son bought it for him for Christmas several years ago. That CD got it's use. Now that he has passed away I have that CD.
This was actually a great film, regardless of the rights or wrongs of British Imperialism what went down here in terms of humans when faced with a battle for survival against impossible odds makes for a compelling story and movie. Its made me want to watch this again and see if its still as good now as when I watched it first about 30 years ago!
The unsung heroes of this film is the sound engineer and mixing , the use of echo, adds so much to depth of these scenes, Oscar worthy just for sound. And John Barry soundtrack is truely EPIC,
Michael Cane's performance in this last scene is amazing. Just absolutely given up, giddy because he's been pushed beyond what most folks would call the norm. Very simple, very unique.
Ardendorf is good in this scene too, you see he twigs on about the nature of the chant as Bromhead finishes saying come on and they start up the chant again. Very subtle.
Very unique is a superlative grammatical error. Saying very unique is like saying very pregnant or very dead. Something is either unique or it isnt; there is no such thing as "very unique".
@@silverkitty2503 That's not the same as being "very" pregnant, heavily pregnant refers to how gestationaly close one is to giving birth. Pregnant is a state of being, being "heavily pregnant" euphemistically describes how far along that state of being is. You are either pregnant or you are not, end of story.
Love the movie. Can not guess how many times I have seen it since I was much younger. When I did my IronMan triathlon I would sing some of the Zulu chants (to my self). Kept me moving!
James Woods they didn't finish them off because they wasn't suppose to be there, the king only wanted a small fraction to fight, this scene never happened
This scene was seared into my mind when i first saw it at 15 in a military base theater. The fierce hand to hand battle, the slaughter of the Brits assured and then this scene, the haunting chant and salute. Awesome then and Awesome now. Great respect for Zulu culture after that.
I agree! Saw this film when it was first released and was mesmerised by its atmosphere and the sheer scope of it. Later, as an historian, I have done much study of the Zulu War of 1879 and have come to respect not only the bravery of the Rorke's Drift defenders, but also the sheer courage and incredible organisation of their enemies, such a noble people. Best film ever], best performances, fantastic music by John Barry. What more can you ask? I'll dig out the DVD tomorrow and put it up on a Big Screen, which is where it truly belongs!
Well trained ,strong and with incredible feats of endurance ....but not that principled TBH .They took cattle, land and Women belonging to smaller, weaker tribes while invading Natal, and said to the males fight for us or we kill you. Pretty basic rules that were much the same over most of the World at the time. The Warriors were not allowed to marry until they were 40 thus giving the Kings the chance to add to their collection, the pick of the young and coerced 'Wives' ......they also cut the throats of the 14 year old British Drummer Boys. .. .No worries Lee, we all speak shit until we know better
I remember seeing this as a small child and this scene has stayed with me, the magnificence of that singing, it might be a film dedicated to British fantasies but that a side ,at least the film makers truly highlighted something beautiful of the Zulu culture.
They relied on the Women to carry supplies of food and water and they had moved so quickly and gotten so far ahead of the Women that had gone many days in the field and fight without water or food, they were not only losing Men to the guns but also to desertion and there was a revolt, that is the real reason they left the field and it was the beginning of the collapse of the "Zulu" Nation
They would have been finished anyway. The British came back later with lots of cavalry and attacked their capital. Then they had an epidemic too just like the Aztecs...
i would as well i dont know but hers a bit of trivia when this film was shot south afrikan aparthide laws ment you could not pay a black man the same rate as a white man to sircumvent this law however the crew desided to donate the animals they have used in the production of the film to them also the man who plays the zulu king is a direct descendant of the man he is playing and alll the zulus are descendants of zulu worriors
Was lucky enough to be in Brecon when the Zulus visited. They did some dancing and singing in the local theatre. They were amazing! Even the ones who looked overweight could jump really high, they were so fit. I was blessed to see them.
oyinbo pepe you need to shut if you don't know anything i know what i am talking about.and they are not called bushmen you idiot its khoi san. we are related to them not every bantu comes from west like white man wrote during colonial times. West africans are west africans and then you have us east african and southern bantu we don't have alot in common with west africa. I am tired of clueless idiots telling us bantu that we all come from west africa which is false not all of us come from there. you are not bantu either how can you teach me my history i don't listen to non bantus when it comes to history waste your time.
oyinbo pepe this is not true. I accept opinions but you are lying. I will not have you lie zulus lived together with khoi san i refuse to believe this nonsense coming from non bantu
The Boesman(Khoi san) are different to bantus in the region physically and genetically. The difference between the Boesman and other bantus is almost the same as Southern african and west africans.
This is the right horn of the Buffalo 🐃.. They were not ment to be there in the 1st place, they begged Prince Mpande to allow them to cross Manzamnyama which was a river marking the boarder between Natal and Zululand.
The Zulus were incredibly well led, organized, and disciplined...and possessed great HONOR!... The Brits fought with courage and distinction. The Zulus recognized it...War fought savagely, but by honorable men on both sides.
As a combat vet and martial arts instructor, I studied a little of the Zulu history. From a small nation, to a powerhouse, adapting skill learned from their enemies, with their own. Impressive! Respect earned! 🙏💮
+Jennifer Upton Agreed. So much so that the British men and officers who faced them didn't call them warriors, they saw them as fellow soldiers. They came to view the Zulu as such because they were a very skillful, highly skillful and cohesive fighting force.
The zulu's even to this day. Are still one of the magnificent warriors still to this day. Very clever and very brave indeed. Brilliant film 🎥 is zulu dawn.
you beaten 20.0000 ZULUS then comeback for another 20.000. then another 20.000 Goodness. that goes to show you that NEVER EVER UNDERESTIMATE an ENEMY. especially in their HOMETURF
This was a war that shouldn't have happened. We lived in the neighbouring districts, on the Transvaal side. Our people told the British not to provoke this war with the Zulu. And if they did, we told them not to take it lightly. Arrogance and show would not carry the day. We'd fought the Zulus before and we'd learned mutual respect at the price of oceans of blood. It was a very tense time, because living on the border, we continuously feared that the war would spill over into the frontier. Farms had to be evacuated. It very nearly did boil over. Those were truly frightening times. If you walk the battlefields of Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana today you cannot fail to be moved by a sense of profound awareness that something immense had happened at those places. We read history but we do not learn from it.
I saw this in 1963 at the RKO Prospect in Park Slope, Brooklyn, aged 12. It was part of a double feature; the second film was "Summer Holiday," also a British production.
Saw this film with my father who had been a prisoner of the Japanese for 4 years I have never seen fear like I saw in my father's eye when the Zulus were digging through the walls never forgot it
I've read many accounts of the struggle your father went through he and thousands of Australian and British alike. I couldn't in my darkest nightmares begin to imagine what he went through. Was he captured at Singapore? or during the fall back from Mayla .I have nothing but deep respect for those who fought and died in one of the worst theaters of war during ww2.
The officers wanted to abandon the missionary post as it was poorly fortified they didn't even have sandbags just biscuit boxes to build the defenses with, it was the regimental Sargent major who convinced them to stay
They have survived wave after wave, The Zulus just showed them just how many were left, then honored them for their courage and bravery, then left. I just thought this ending was funny for some reason.
This part of the battle wasn't sanctioned by King Cetshwayo. After Sandlwana, the chiefs on they own decided to raid other garrisons. It should also be remembered that King Cetshwayo act of war was to force the British to some negotiated settlement
@@izeesh This is a VERY important detail that is missed by many. This battle started on the same day as the battle at iSandlwana and was led by a Zulu prince, a half-brother of the King. The battle at iSandlwana hadn't even concluded when kaMpande and his contingent left to attack Rorke's Drift as far as my knowledge goes.
The first chant used by the Zulus was a chant they learned from ancient German tribes fighting against the romans! Listen to their first attack in Zulu and then watch the movie Gladiator - listen to the German tribes before the romans kick off! Honest!
I thought the producers of Gladiator stole the chant from the Zulu movie. I told my son it was the same chant and he didn't believe me until I played the Zulu chant for him.
When my son was small we went to watch a local school derby rugby match….When they were going on the field the one schools Zulus in the team chanted a war cry standing in line waiting to run on…… goosebumps!!!!!!! He is now in his last year at same school
Why is the film run in reverse image at the point of the Zulus turning away. At this stage they are carrying shields in right hands and moments later in left hands.
cetshwayo was invited to britain soon after the battle, he impressed british society with his sophistication and bearing, he was murdered after his return to SA
Yes my Zulus didn't kill everyone in the battle because we needed survivors to send back the message for peace sakes BUT,, they didn't sing songs for the enemy like wtf bazalwane🤷🏿♂️
Well, if that was the case, they made a big mistake. The mistake was not taking the position and taking POWs and then allowing them to go back to send their message. Instead they gave up and allowed the world to see that the Zulu could be defeated by a small group.
@Silverfox0984 The British Empire at the time comprised one third of the globe The Zulu Empire consisted of a patch of South Africa . I dont think the British can be entirely absolved from blame on the " Aggressor " point [
One does not have to understand the words of a language in song... One needs merely to listen to the sound with your senses and your heart...feel the emotion deep within your soul... It is that which must be understood by your mind to enable a dawning comprehension... 🇿🇦
What are you blathering about? The Zulus weren't kicked out. The British actually WON the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 but the British never kicked the Zulus out. The British didn't even settle on their lands. It still remained as Zululand, just divided up into different chiefdoms. But the British didn't take over and settle in Zululand. They left the Zulus there.
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I was 18 when I first watched this film. It has remained my favourite for 55 years. It does not denigrate the Zulu. It deals with bravery on both sides.
So you are now 73? Bless you.
I was the 10 year old kid with the big box of Milk Duds sitting behind you.....✌
every time I see this scene there's just something mezmerizing about this chant the Zulu give to the British, anyone else agree
I'd like to know what they are singing.
ecw 4 life I do. Psychological warfare at its finest.
Agreed! This chant chills my spine (in the very best way).
The singing is called Amahubo...it always gives me goosebumps
No xx
The British invaded their country
Xx
They would have won xxx
The Zulu warriors are far greater then the greek and Roman Army's they defeated a more advanced army with just spears shields and pure wit magnificent truly magnificent
Spears, shields and ridiculous man power asymmetry more like. It was numbers that did it here. They lost in the end
I love that this movie respects them and anytime someone disrespects them a character comes in a goes, "look here ya little snot!"
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They had rifles too
I guess I can't leave a positive comment about one of my ancestors' bloodlines. I said they fought bravely. Comment kept getting blocked TH-cam.
John Barry's score perfectly compliments the Zulu chant. One of the greatest film scores of all time.
I remember when I saw this film at the cinema just after it first came out. I sat there with jaw dropped all the way through. A film that puts the soldiers and the Zulu Army on an equal footing. Based on a real event in British and South African History.
War is hell. No beauty here
It's scary but it gets you
Sadly filmed in a very inaccurate location
The Zulus are not the untrained rabble some might believe. They were a formidable fighting machine.
Especially when they outnumbered their foes by about 15 to 1.
What honour they had...
They could have easily killed till the last, but chose to salute.............
I feel bad to think we went back with the Maxim machine gun ☠️💥😵😭😱
When will we truly live together 😍👍🇬🇧🆘✌️🤫
@@garybrockwell2031 Er Hello.. if they could, they would ( have killed to the last) ... Don't spin it that they were not on their own mission to invade and take over land as the Matabele will tell you. . In this case, their plans were met with more resistance they they expected and caused them to withdrawal. It really isn't a difficult concept to understand and has happened throughout history and was never, ever, a black or white thing.
wish i knew more
They beat the British, so no, my brothers were not rabble.
These chants hit your soul. Watched it as a kid in the late 70s and I still get chills today
Can you share with me the lyrics of the song? We need it for our presentation. Thank you very much.
They would if I had any idea what they actually said. Without meaning behind the words, it's just noise to my ears.
I watched this dozens of times in the 60s and 70s , I still get tears listening to the Zulus
Wonderful film ..I lived there for 30 years ….in Natal…but in reality the Zulu did not salute as they did at the end of the film..but a magnificent ending ❤
This was my older brother's favorite. My youngest son bought it for him for Christmas several years ago. That CD got it's use. Now that he has passed away I have that CD.
This was actually a great film, regardless of the rights or wrongs of British Imperialism what went down here in terms of humans when faced with a battle for survival against impossible odds makes for a compelling story and movie. Its made me want to watch this again and see if its still as good now as when I watched it first about 30 years ago!
The unsung heroes of this film is the sound engineer and mixing , the use of echo, adds so much to depth of these scenes, Oscar worthy just for sound. And John Barry soundtrack is truely EPIC,
Cinematic perfection. A film of great importance and significance. Tragically underrated.
The ZULUS showed them the type of humanity their BRITISH oppressors refused to show them.
Michael Cane's performance in this last scene is amazing. Just absolutely given up, giddy because he's been pushed beyond what most folks would call the norm. Very simple, very unique.
Ardendorf is good in this scene too, you see he twigs on about the nature of the chant as Bromhead finishes saying come on and they start up the chant again.
Very subtle.
Very unique is a superlative grammatical error. Saying very unique is like saying very pregnant or very dead. Something is either unique or it isnt; there is no such thing as "very unique".
How about swivel on it? Any errors there?
Calm down, guy.
@@adrianh332 one can be heavily pregnant ...
@@silverkitty2503 That's not the same as being "very" pregnant, heavily pregnant refers to how gestationaly close one is to giving birth. Pregnant is a state of being, being "heavily pregnant" euphemistically describes how far along that state of being is. You are either pregnant or you are not, end of story.
Love the movie. Can not guess how many times I have seen it since I was much younger. When I did my IronMan triathlon I would sing some of the Zulu chants (to my self). Kept me moving!
Zulu warriors aren't going to finish them off because they have honor.
True warriors do not fear death.
James Woods they didn't finish them off because they wasn't suppose to be there, the king only wanted a small fraction to fight, this scene never happened
They butchered everyone they captured at Islandwana , hacking up the corpses, not much honour there ?
They went home because they hadn't eaten for 3 days !!!
@TheCrazyKid1381 That's pretty racist.
This scene was seared into my mind when i first saw it at 15 in a military base theater. The fierce hand to hand battle, the slaughter of the Brits assured and then this scene, the haunting chant and salute. Awesome then and Awesome now. Great respect for Zulu culture after that.
I was a small boy when this movie first hit the theaters and it has always been one of the best movies I've ever seen
Love this film....a true story of bravery and courage..... Stunning and very powerful...
I agree! Saw this film when it was first released and was mesmerised by its atmosphere and the sheer scope of it. Later, as an historian, I have done much study of the Zulu War of 1879 and have come to respect not only the bravery of the Rorke's Drift defenders, but also the sheer courage and incredible organisation of their enemies, such a noble people. Best film ever], best performances, fantastic music by John Barry. What more can you ask? I'll dig out the DVD tomorrow and put it up on a Big Screen, which is where it truly belongs!
Watched this film with my father in the mid 90s, the singing in it and the voices is brilliantly. Kids these days dont watch films like this anymore.
really, one of the few movies that actually depicts the Africans as strong and principled warriors....
Well trained ,strong and with incredible feats of endurance ....but not that principled TBH .They took cattle, land and Women belonging to smaller, weaker tribes while invading Natal, and said to the males fight for us or we kill you. Pretty basic rules that were much the same over most of the World at the time. The Warriors were not allowed to marry until they were 40 thus giving the Kings the chance to add to their collection, the pick of the young and coerced 'Wives' ......they also cut the throats of the 14 year old British Drummer Boys. .. .No worries Lee, we all speak shit until we know better
A formidable army, respect to the zulu regiments.
Sacrilege that Ridley Scott lifted this Zulu chant and used it for the attacking German barbarians at the beginning of the film Gladiator
Zulu are without a doubt the true warriors. They would run 50 miles, right into battle.
I remember seeing this as a small child and this scene has stayed with me, the magnificence of that singing, it might be a film dedicated to British fantasies but that a side ,at least the film makers truly highlighted something beautiful of the Zulu culture.
This has to be one of my favorite scenes of this movie
It would be nice if such respect were shown on all sides BEFORE people get killed.
What a film you just had to respect the bravery of the defender and attacker. Truly an epic film
i always get chills when i see this scene
westben2000 me too........it would terrify anyone that’s stands under that....
Happening every day on southern British shores....
Still gives me chills every time I hear it. Actually visited the Rorkes Drift site years ago. Vastley underated film
The trepidation on Stanley Baker's face as his character sees the Zulus is classic. It was excellently acted by all, not just by Michael Caine.
The Zulus disobeyed a commandment of war that cost them. Finish the enemy at all costs. Otherwise, they will recover, regroup, and destroy you.
2bjjones
A commandment of an all-out war, of a war of extermination.
It's a good thing it wasn't always carried out.
They were losing too many men.
No, they knew if they continued they'd lose too many men
They relied on the Women to carry supplies of food and water and they had moved so quickly and gotten so far ahead of the Women that had gone many days in the field and fight without water or food, they were not only losing Men to the guns but also to desertion and there was a revolt, that is the real reason they left the field and it was the beginning of the collapse of the "Zulu" Nation
They would have been finished anyway. The British came back later with lots of cavalry and attacked their capital. Then they had an epidemic too just like the Aztecs...
I would give a LOT to learn the exact phonetic representation of what the Zulus were chanting, and what it meant in English.
i would as well i dont know but hers a bit of trivia when this film was shot south afrikan aparthide laws ment you could not pay a black man the same rate as a white man to sircumvent this law however the crew desided to donate the animals they have used in the production of the film to them also the man who plays the zulu king is a direct descendant of the man he is playing and alll the zulus are descendants of zulu worriors
It's easy to learn these war chants
@@siphiwembiyela3886 yeah, but unless you have the voice for it, its hard to make them sound intimidating
The phonetic representations are you're going home in a fucking ambulance and also you'll be eating you're food through a straw apparently
@@johnbaries2754 ya dont go home in an ambulance
Brave men on both sides. and it seems so long ago now. we should remember these men.
Eleven V.C. Crosses, and 5 Distinguished Conduct medals awarded at Rorke’s Drift speak for themselves of the gallantry and guts of these soldiers.
Yhea remember the millions of Africans killed by European trying to take over thier lands and crush thier cultures.
Bloody colonizing murderers...nothing else
Was lucky enough to be in Brecon when the Zulus visited. They did some dancing and singing in the local theatre. They were amazing! Even the ones who looked overweight could jump really high, they were so fit. I was blessed to see them.
Brecon? Wales?
I remember seeing the original union flag from this battle hanging in a cathedral near there. Brave fighters on both sides deserve respect.
This serves as a reminder// South Africa
still a awesome movie Mark from London
What a fine looking people the Zulus are.
Africa was made for the black man.
+Klarg After they were enslaved,what things were they forced to do? just curious.
+janesgems7 What makes this even more impressive is they were *not* actors. They were actual Zulus hired for the film.
oyinbo pepe you need to shut if you don't know anything i know what i am talking about.and they are not called bushmen you idiot its khoi san. we are related to them not every bantu comes from west like white man wrote during colonial times. West africans are west africans and then you have us east african and southern bantu we don't have alot in common with west africa. I am tired of clueless idiots telling us bantu that we all come from west africa which is false not all of us come from there. you are not bantu either how can you teach me my history i don't listen to non bantus when it comes to history waste your time.
oyinbo pepe this is not true. I accept opinions but you are lying. I will not have you lie zulus lived together with khoi san i refuse to believe this nonsense coming from non bantu
The Boesman(Khoi san) are different to bantus in the region physically and genetically. The difference between the Boesman and other bantus is almost the same as Southern african and west africans.
This must be the finest movie I've ever seen. The clips I watch,give me the chills, like no other.
This is the right horn of the Buffalo 🐃.. They were not ment to be there in the 1st place, they begged Prince Mpande to allow them to cross Manzamnyama which was a river marking the boarder between Natal and Zululand.
The Zulu’s shudda killed every last one of them.
They couldn't, thats the point.
The Zulus were incredibly well led, organized, and disciplined...and possessed great HONOR!... The Brits fought with courage and distinction. The Zulus recognized it...War fought savagely, but by honorable men on both sides.
As a combat vet and martial arts instructor, I studied a little of the Zulu history. From a small nation, to a powerhouse, adapting skill learned from their enemies, with their own. Impressive! Respect earned! 🙏💮
Actually the Zulu had seen a relief column coming that way and decided they needed to go home.
Just love this film
Magnificent Warriors.
True Jennifer x
+Jennifer Upton Agreed. So much so that the British men and officers who faced them didn't call them warriors, they saw them as fellow soldiers. They came to view the Zulu as such because they were a very skillful, highly skillful and cohesive fighting force.
+The Batman Imagine if the Zulus had used the same firearms, with the same tactics, the same discipline, and the same proficiency than the British.
Jennifer Upton yes it must’ve been a barbaric battle , the zulu took hallucinogenic drugs to make them unstoppable.
@Dewy Ianto-Hoslett
imagine NAPOLEON BONAPARTE's LE GRAND ARMEE going up againts THE ZULUS💪
The zulu's even to this day. Are still one of the magnificent warriors still to this day. Very clever and very brave indeed. Brilliant film 🎥 is zulu dawn.
Given overwhelming challenging moments in life… I still hum the tune of the zulus in memory of such bravery…. If only I knew the damn words !
Makes your hair stand on end. Amazing. After all this time Zulu 1964.
Remember seeing this the first time as a kid,the power of the seen went right threw me,it still does,epic film.
An army of God sings like God, singing from an everlasting deep of inspiration. What a people Zulu was.
What a people Zulu shall be! 💪😤🔥🔥🔥
you beaten
20.0000 ZULUS
then comeback for another 20.000.
then another 20.000
Goodness.
that goes to show you that NEVER EVER UNDERESTIMATE an ENEMY. especially in their HOMETURF
Fantastic scene - gives me goose bumps every time.
my all time favourite film, but apart from the 4,000 zulus and the victoria crosses, the rest was the fanciful imagination of baker!
John chard, born in Plymouth, buried at Hatch Beauchamp nr Taunton.
Incredible chant from one of the best films ever
Such a dignified people the Zulu nation.
It took a while but their descendants are now great players of Rugby 🏉
Still gives me goosebumps.
Why don't the Zulus have a rugby side, and then join the 6 nations?
+Jeremy Watts They'd win all the time?
They would end up being Birmingham city fans
I think the Maoris or Samoans would kick their ass in Rugby....but then you never know...🤔
because they only play cricket old boy !
@@andymetternich7453 it's gud that it's your thoughts only
Shaka Zulu's grandson plays the part as Shaka Zulu in this film, amazing film.
You mean Tetsuvayo,who was actually the ruler during the 1879 British-Zulu war.Shaka was over half century long dead before this.
Respect among Warriors.
Love that chant!
This was a war that shouldn't have happened. We lived in the neighbouring districts, on the Transvaal side. Our people told the British not to provoke this war with the Zulu. And if they did, we told them not to take it lightly. Arrogance and show would not carry the day. We'd fought the Zulus before and we'd learned mutual respect at the price of oceans of blood. It was a very tense time, because living on the border, we continuously feared that the war would spill over into the frontier. Farms had to be evacuated. It very nearly did boil over. Those were truly frightening times. If you walk the battlefields of Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana today you cannot fail to be moved by a sense of profound awareness that something immense had happened at those places. We read history but we do not learn from it.
I'm black African, my grandfather and Father yearn to bring back Civilized European rule
I saw this in 1963 at the RKO Prospect in Park Slope, Brooklyn, aged 12. It was part of a double feature; the second film was "Summer Holiday," also a British production.
Saw this film with my father who had been a prisoner of the Japanese for 4 years I have never seen fear like I saw in my father's eye when the Zulus were digging through the walls never forgot it
I've read many accounts of the struggle your father went through he and thousands of Australian and British alike. I couldn't in my darkest nightmares begin to imagine what he went through. Was he captured at Singapore? or during the fall back from Mayla .I have nothing but deep respect for those who fought and died in one of the worst theaters of war during ww2.
They used the chant in the movie GLADIATOR
Excellent film never tire of seeing it
Probably the finest light infantry the world had ever seen the Zulu impies
For the time period this was made in it did a wonderful job showing that both sides were brave fighting men
The officers wanted to abandon the missionary post as it was poorly fortified they didn't even have sandbags just biscuit boxes to build the defenses with, it was the regimental Sargent major who convinced them to stay
I love how the comments always spiral down into political debates LOL!
RampantFury925 doesn’t matter what video the arguments start small bitta this bitta that it always ends in 9/11 was an inside job wake up!
One of my favorite movies.
What they are saying is "FOR SPAAAARTAAAAAA!!!"
( but only in Zulu...haha)
You My Friend ARE CORRECT!!!!
One of the best films ever
I detest colonialism but did see this film and found this one of most moving scenes ever in a movie.
I'd love to know what these chants are, or find recordings of them...wonderful stuff!
Maybe do a Google search. Now you got me curious too LOL
They have survived wave after wave, The Zulus just showed them just how many were left, then honored them for their courage and bravery, then left. I just thought this ending was funny for some reason.
This part of the battle wasn't sanctioned by King Cetshwayo. After Sandlwana, the chiefs on they own decided to raid other garrisons. It should also be remembered that King Cetshwayo act of war was to force the British to some negotiated settlement
@@izeesh This is a VERY important detail that is missed by many. This battle started on the same day as the battle at iSandlwana and was led by a Zulu prince, a half-brother of the King. The battle at iSandlwana hadn't even concluded when kaMpande and his contingent left to attack Rorke's Drift as far as my knowledge goes.
Hebee, Usuthu.
Sijikijela kanje...Sijikijela kanje
The first chant used by the Zulus was a chant they learned from ancient German tribes fighting against the romans! Listen to their first attack in Zulu and then watch the movie Gladiator - listen to the German tribes before the romans kick off! Honest!
Can I have some of what your smoking
I thought the producers of Gladiator stole the chant from the Zulu movie. I told my son it was the same chant and he didn't believe me until I played the Zulu chant for him.
Absolutely agree. Shivers down one’s spine.☘️
Baker is just utterly convincing in his role. Watch his face...this is beyond acting. But do the research and Baker had a stake in this film.
This is the most frightening thing ever.... Brilliant...
Even enemies can show respect.
Husband just passed. John brant. collect. Wrote medal year book. Got medals. From the Zulu. War.dont no what two do.
I remember watching this as a kid on my grandpa's floor
When my son was small we went to watch a local school derby rugby match….When they were going on the field the one schools Zulus in the team chanted a war cry standing in line waiting to run on…… goosebumps!!!!!!! He is now in his last year at same school
Why is the film run in reverse image at the point of the Zulus turning away. At this stage they are carrying shields in right hands and moments later in left hands.
cetshwayo was invited to britain soon after the battle, he impressed british society with his sophistication and bearing, he was murdered after his return to SA
Yes my Zulus didn't kill everyone in the battle because we needed survivors to send back the message for peace sakes BUT,, they didn't sing songs for the enemy like wtf bazalwane🤷🏿♂️
Well, if that was the case, they made a big mistake. The mistake was not taking the position and taking POWs and then allowing them to go back to send their message. Instead they gave up and allowed the world to see that the Zulu could be defeated by a small group.
I recall first seeing this as a kid and loved this chanting
@Silverfox0984
The British Empire at the time comprised one third of the globe
The Zulu Empire consisted of a patch of South Africa .
I dont think the British can be entirely absolved from blame on the " Aggressor " point [
It stills sends shivers up my spine
They use the same chant at the start of the film Gladiator..
The exact same chant.
A perfect example of those grossly outnumbered evening the odds with superior fire power "and" a steady aim....
To quote a line from Monty Python:-
"Alright then. We'll call it a draw."
One of my Welsh ancestors was in this battle & survived. His last name was Jones.
Mine too, there were 2 Jones guarding the hospital
Unusual name.
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After watching the movie,I would have liked to at least hear the serial number of his for there were quite a few Jones there.
@@kaletovhangar I wish I knew
My all-time fav movie. Caine doing that posh accent.😂
One does not have to understand the words of a language in song...
One needs merely to listen to the sound with your senses and your heart...feel the emotion deep within your soul...
It is that which must be understood by your mind to enable a dawning comprehension...
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What are you blathering about? The Zulus weren't kicked out. The British actually WON the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 but the British never kicked the Zulus out. The British didn't even settle on their lands. It still remained as Zululand, just divided up into different chiefdoms. But the British didn't take over and settle in Zululand. They left the Zulus there.
I just came out of camp and I found out my counselor was a Zulu warrior
The Englishman's chant: " We are superior and the chosen people. Take the land of these savage barbarians."
And we are
@@creightonjason nope
@@osamabinsaucin929 We are, no doubt
In their 1984 debut album band Dead Can Dance the first track sampled the Zulu chant