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In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
FeaturingBurt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, John Mills, Denholm Elliott, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Michael Jayston, Peter Vaughan
Review snapshotThough certainly epic in cinematographic terms, this is a really meandering and over-cast depiction of the Zulu defeat of the British garrison at Isandlwana at the end of the 19th century. I'm assuming it was made as a precursor of - and to capitalise upon - the far superior "Zulu" (1964) but right from the get-go it's just wordy and ponderous and, well, lacklustre. Peter O'Toole does exude a certain arrogance in his role as the Commander of the army (Lord Chelmsford) but Burt Lancaster - and his distinctly ropey a…
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