"Question on the movie Zulu...(1964)" Topic

Anyone know how popular this film still is outside the English speaking world? Numerous yanks (like me) "loved" the film on its statewide release… INSPIRED a generation of miniature painters, wargamers AND "history mavens"… Imagine it did the same in GB, Australia, NZ, Canada etc. But what about continental Europe? Asia? Africa? South America?…

Any TMPer's from outside "The Pale" of Anglo speaking nations care to opine?

(About the *movie's* popularity… NOT "Colonialism" etc., etc.!)

Charlie

Here you can read some of them my friend.

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Amicalement
Armand

I can say that no one I know here in the Czech Republic has ever heard of it. And in the fifteen years I have been here I have never seen it on TV. I did find it in a video store about 12 years ago though.

Unknown in Yugoslavia

In England it is really well known, great Actors, spectacular action and respectful of all the participants, it doesn't Glorify the British or denigrate the Zulu, an all round jolly good film

Zulu was not exactly respectful of Henry Hook, a lifelong teetotaller and a soldier of exemplary character, who was portrayed – for dramatic purposes, one presumes – as an archetypal 'scum of the earth' redcoat, with a fondness for the bottle, who was still a good man in a fight.

His family were horrified, but since in English law one cannot libel the dead, had no redress.

One could also argue that it does not do Commissary Dalton – now thought to be a key figure in organising the defence – justice, but gives too much credit to Chard and Bromhead, whom Wolseley described as 'two of the most appaling dunderheads' after presenting them with their medals.

It is a thoroughly entertaining film, but not very historical – rather like many wargames….

But dunderheads can be brave, what? LOL

I see that even British movies change history around ;-)