Characters & Themes
Shaka Zulu (1000) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1000 · 550 mins · English
- Directed by
- William C. Faure
- Starring
- Trevor Howard, Christopher Lee, Gordon Jackson, Edward Fox, Fiona Fullerton, Henry Cele
Set in South Africa in 1823, the film follows the true rise of the Zulu Empire under King Shaka, a brilliant yet ruthless military strategist who begins to threaten the British colony at the Cape. A volunteer force of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers is dispatched to Zululand to make contact with Shaka and gauge the true danger posed by his army.
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