Shaka Zulu

IMDb link: 0086798
IMDb rating: 7.7 (3,601 votes)
Genres: Action, Drama, Biography, War, History
Director: William C. Faure
Cast: Trevor Howard, Edward Fox, Robert Powell, Fiona Fullerton and others

Release date: 24 Nov 1986
Release year: 1986
Runtime: 55 minutes
Country: Italy, South Africa, West Germany, Australia, United States
Keywords: zulu, rise and fall, epic, ndwandwe zulu war, african, 1910s, shield, tent, spear throwing, camp

Plot:

Framed around Queen Victoria's decision on England's political stance towards the Zulu Nation, this mini-series details King Shaka's rise and fall with mythic detail. Prophecy is mixed with recorded fact regarding Shaka's birth, exile, innovations in warfare, assumption of the throne, building of the Zulu Empire, first contact with Europe and the events that lead to his downfall.

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