: Produced during the Apartheid era , the film faced scrutiny and was initially banned for Black South African audiences by the government, which feared the depiction of Black warriors defeating white soldiers (alluding to the earlier defeat at Isandlwana) might incite unrest.

: The film famously launched the career of Michael Caine , who was cast against his Cockney roots as the aristocratic Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead.

is a landmark British war epic that dramatizes the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879, where a small detachment of roughly 150 British soldiers successfully defended a mission station against approximately 4,000 Zulu warriors. Key Aspects of the Film

: Though depicting events at Rorke's Drift, the movie was filmed on location in the more visually dramatic Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa.