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In 1879, a communiqué from Lord Chelmsford to the Secretary of State for War in London details the crushing defeat of a British
force at the hands of the Zulus at the Battle of Isandlwana. In the aftermath of the battle, the victorious Zulus walk amongst
the scattered bodies of dead British soldiers and gather their rifles. At a mass Zulu marriage ceremony witnessed by missionary
Otto Witt and his daughter, Zulu King Cetewayo is also informed of the great victory. A company of the British Army's 24th Regiment
of Foot is using the missionary station of Rorke's Drift in Natal as a supply depot and hospital for their invasion force across
the border in Zululand. Receiving news of Isandhlwana from the Natal Native Contingent Commander Adendorff, who warns that an
army of 4,000 Zulu warriors is advancing to the British position, Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers assumes command
of the small British detachment. Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead, an infantry officer, is rather put out to find himself subordinate
to an engineer due to the latter's slightly earlier commission. Realising that they cannot outrun the Zulu army with wounded
soldiers, Chard decides to make a stand at the station, using wagons, sacks of mealie, and crates of ship's biscuit to form a
defensive perimeter to counter the Zulu nation's deadly effective Bull tactical enveloping formation. Witt becomes drunk and
demoralises the men with his overtly dire predictions; the soldiers of the Natal Native Contingent desert. Chard orders Witt
to be locked up in a supply room.
As the Zulu impis approach, a contingent of Boer horsemen arrives. They advise Chard that defending the station is hopeless. They
retreat in haste, despite Chard's desperate pleas for them to stay. The Zulu army approach and then charge. The British open fire,
but Adendorff informs them that the Zulus are only testing the British firepower. Witt again predicts the soldiers' inevitable fate,
before being driven from the battle with his daughter. Chard is concerned that the northern perimeter wall is undermanned and realises
that the attack will come from all sides. The defenders are surprised when the Zulu warriors open fire on the station with rifles,
taken from the British dead at Isandlwana. Throughout the day and night, wave after wave of Zulu attackers are repelled. The Zulus
succeed in setting fire to the hospital, leading to intense fighting between British patients and Zulu warriors as the former try
to escape the flames. Private Henry Hook takes charge and successfully leads the patients to safety.
The next morning, the Zulus approach to within several hundred yards and begin singing a war chant; the British respond by singing
"Men of Harlech". In the final assault, just as it seems the Zulus will finally overwhelm the tired defenders, the British soldiers
fall back to a small redoubt constructed out of mealie bags. With a reserve of soldiers hidden within the redoubt, they form into
three ranks and seamlessly fire volley after volley, inflicting heavy casualties; the Zulus withdraw. After a pause of three hours,
the defenders are still recovering when the Zulus re-form again on the Oscarberg. Resigned to another assault, the British are
astonished when the Zulus instead sing a song to honour the bravery of the defenders before departing. The film ends with another
narration by Richard Burton, listing the eleven defenders who received the Victoria Cross for the defence of Rorke's Drift, the most
awarded to a regiment in a single action up to that time.
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Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Michael Caine, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Nigel Green
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Director: Cy Endfield
Producers: Stanley Baker & Cy Endfield
Released - January 22, 1964 (UK)
Length - 139 minutes
Music Composer: John Barry
Movie Distributed by Paramount Pictures
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