Name: Zulu
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1964-06-17
Duration: 138 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine

Zulu

Tragic Realization of War's Impact

Mr. Witt Oh, Lord in heaven...

Margareta Witt What is it, father?

Mr. Witt A thousand British soldiers have been massacred. While I stood here talking peace, a war has started.

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Zulu

Navigating Through Tension and Conflict

Lt. Chard Keep driving with the sun at your back. Should make it safely.

Mr. Witt Sergeant!

Margareta Witt Father!

Mr. Witt Leave me alone!

Lt. Chard Try to understand him, Miss Witt.

Mr. Witt Death awaits you! You have made a covenant with death and with Hell you are in agreement! You're all going to die! Don't you realize? Can't you see? You're all going to die! DIE! Death awaits you all! Die! Die!

[Chard whips one of the horses. They start, pulling the Witts and their carriage away.]

Private Cole He's right. Why is it us? Why us?

Colour Sgt. Bourne Because we're here, lad. Nobody else. Just us.

Lt. Chard Colour Sergeant.

Colour Sgt. Bourne Right. Now, get back to your posts! On the double!

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Zulu

Transformation Through Duty and Accountability

Maxfield Pick up the rifle, Hook. And get to it! I'll make a soldier of you yet.

Hook And what for? Did I ever see a Zulu walk down the City Road? No! So what am I doing here?

Maxfield You're here because you were a liar, a coward, and a thief. Now you can be a soldier- like what they pay you for.

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Zulu

Corporal's Command and Humorous Banter

Cpl. William Allen Heave! Put a bit more weight on that rope, you men!

Pvt. John Williams He's even got a voice like a corporal!

Pvt. Fred Hitch Yeah, sort of like a female hippopotamus in labor.

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Zulu

The Power of Prayer in Battle

Colour Sergeant Bourne A prayer's as good as a bayonet on a day like this.

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Zulu

Miraculous Escape Amidst Military Tension

Colour Sgt. Bourne Sir, sentries report the Zulus have gone. All of them! It's a miracle.

Lt. Chard If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer-Henry point-four-five caliber miracle.

Sgt. Bourne And a bayonet, sir, with some guts behind it.

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Zulu

The Importance of Appearance in Leadership

Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead Still, a chap ought to look smart in front of the men, don't you think?

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Zulu

Commanding the Troops in Battle

Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead Volley by ranks! First rank, FIRE! Second rank, FIRE! Third rank, FIRE!

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Zulu

Critique of Officer's Hunting Practices

Private Henry Hook What do you think? It's Mr. Flamin Bromhead shooting flamin defenseless animals for the flamin officers flamin dinner.

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Zulu

Urgent Call to Continue the Battle

Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead Stay in the fight, man! We need you, damn it! We need you!

[''At an extreme peak in the battle, Lieutenant Chard starts to buckle under the pressure and becomes unresponsive'']

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Zulu

Loyalty and Value in Adversity

Sgt. Robert Maxfield You're no good to anyone, except the Queen and Sergeant Maxfield!

Pvt. Henry Hook Well thank you very much, the both of you!

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Zulu

Days of Fury, Honor, and Courage

Taglines These are the days and nights of fury and honor and courage and cowardice that an entire century of empire-making and film-making can never surpass!

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Zulu

Frustration with Own Weapons in Battle

Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead Well, that's a bitter pill, our own damn rifles!

[''Upon being told the rifles the Zulu are firing were taken from British soldiers'']

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Zulu

Acknowledgment of Mutual Dependence

Lt. Chard Thank you, for what you said.

Lt. Bromhead Hm? Oh, you mean about our needing you? Don't bother, old boy, it's true.

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Zulu

Courage, Honour, and Pride in Zulu

Taglines The epic story of courage, honour and pride.

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Zulu

Confrontation Over Missing Soldiers' Identity

Lt. Chard Who was left in here?

Lt. Bromhead I don't know.

Lt. Chard They had names, they had faces, they were our men. What do you mean you don't know?

Lt. Bromhead Chard!

Lt. Chard All right. Well, you've fought your first action.

Lt. Bromhead Does everyone feel like this afterward?

Lt. Chard How do you feel?

Lt. Bromhead I feel... sick.

Lt. Chard Well, you have to be alive to feel sick.

Lt. Bromhead You asked me, I told you. There's... something else. I feel ashamed. Was that how it was for you? The first time?

Lt. Chard The first time? You think I could stand this butcher's yard more than once?

Lt. Bromhead I didn't know.

Lt. Chard I told you. I came up here to build a bridge.

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Zulu

A Call for Divine Intervention

Bourne They'll know my voice when they hear it, sir.

Witt Let them hear it now, in praise of the Lord. Call upon Him - call upon Him, man, for your salvation!

Bourne Well, as far as I can remember, sir, it goes something like this: "He maketh wars to cease in all the world. He breaketh the bow and snappeth the spear in sunder." Do you know it, sir?

Witt I shall be exalted among the heathen, I shall be exalted in the earth. The Lord of Hosts is with us.

Bourne That's it, sir. All right, nobody told you to stop working! You lead back-sided-- get sweatin'!

[to troops in work detail]

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Zulu

Encouragement to Continue Working

Colour Sergeant Bourne Right- nobody told you to stop workin'.

Zulu

Strength in Size and Presence

Taglines Dwarfing The Mightiest! Towering Over The Greatest!

Zulu

Command to Fire in Battle

Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead At one hundred yards, volley fire present! Aim! FIRE!

Zulu

The Harsh Realities of Medical Treatment

Reynolds You've got a fine handsome boil, my friend. There's one glistening boil for every soldier in Africa. You may not win any medals on this campaign, but you'll certainly get more boils. For every gunshot wound I probe, I expect to lance three boils.

Hook Uh, a spot of medicinal brandy would set me up, sir.

Reynolds Brandy's for heroes, Mr. Hook. The rest of you will make do with boils in your skin, flies in your meat, and dysentery in your bellies. Now - this will hurt you a lot more than it will me, I'm happy to say.

Zulu

Confrontation Over Troop Strength and Loyalty

Lt. Bromhead The entire column? It's damned impossible! Eight hundred men?

Adendorff Twelve hundred men. There were four hundred native levies, also.

Bromhead Damn the levies, man, more cowardly blacks!

Adendorff What the hell do you mean, "cowardly blacks"? They died on your side, didn't they? And who the hell do you think is coming to wipe out your little command? The Grenadier Guards?

[''Adendorff begins to walk away'']

Lt. Chard Adendorff, are you staying?

Adendorff Is there anywhere else to go?

Lt. Chard Talk to our levies, will you? Tell them whose side they're on.

Zulu

A Thrilling Spectacle from the Continent

Taglines The supreme spectacle that had to come thundering out of the most thrilling continent!

Zulu

Confrontation Amidst Desperation and Ego

Adendorff Damn you... God damn you!

Lt. Chard Adendorff, what are they doing? Answer me!

Adendorff Haven't you had enough? Both of you?! Can't you see your damned egos don't matter anymore? We're dead.

Lt. Bromhead Well, what are you waiting for? Come on! Come on!

[shouting at Zulus]

Bromhead Those bastards! They're taunting us!

Adendorff No, you couldn't be more wrong! They're saluting you. They're saluting fellow braves!

[Realizing what the Zulus are really doing, he begins to laugh]

Zulu

Public Perception of Military Defeats

Lt. Chard The Army doesn't like more than one defeat in a day.

Lt. Bromhead Looks bad in the newspapers and upsets civilians at their breakfast.

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