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Writer:
Joshua Sinclair (writer)
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The Most Savage Warrior of All Time!
Plot:
The true story of the life and rise to power of Shaka, the greatest Zulu leader in history. Starting from his birth... more | add synopsis
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don't you people know anything? more (4 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Edward Fox | ... | Lt. Francis Farewell |
| Robert Powell | ... | Dr. Henry Fynn |
| Trevor Howard | ... | Lord Charles Somerset |
| Fiona Fullerton | ... | Elizabeth Farewell |
 | Christopher Lee | ... | Lord Bathurst |
| Henry Cele | ... | Shaka |
| Dudu Mkhize | ... | Nandi |
| Roy Dotrice | ... | King George IV |
| Gordon Jackson | ... | Prof. Bramston |
| Kenneth Griffith | ... | Zacharias Abrahams |
| Conrad Magwaza | ... | Senzagkona |
| Patrick Ndlovu | ... | Mudli |
| Roland Mqwebu | ... | Ngomane |
| Gugu Nxumalo | ... | Mkabayi |
| Tu Nokwe | ... | Pampata |
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USA:300 min
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Australia | Italy | South Africa | West Germany | USA
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This has been the most repeatedly screened mini-series ever shown on syndicated television in the United States. By 1992 it had been seen by over 350 million viewers. The series dislodged John Marshall's "The Hunters" and the later The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) and its follow-ups as the prime shaper of American perceptions of "tribal" history in southern Africa. The series even achieved cult status. more
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Referenced in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) more
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i must say i have been having quite a laugh at the ridiculous statements made about this. 1: it was not a propaganda film made by the white government to woo the Zulus, utter trash! the white government wanted nothing to do with it, especially as it was being made by a white south African, it was only made because harmony gold the American TV company got involved. 2: it was not taken from the writings of Francis farewell it was based on henry Finns diary (played by Robert Powell). 3: the savagery certainly was not exaggerated thats me off my soap box. the film is quite brilliant, although not historically correct in many places as Joshua Sinclare has used a lot of poetic licence to make a more interesting story, not that the real story is uninteresting, for television. highly entertaining with very real portrayals of traditional Zulu life, i know i lived with them i am south African. but my saying has always been don't listen to others watch it and make up your own mind, i just don't like people who are ignorant and make comments with out knowing what they are talking about.