Overview
South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strategist, begin to encroach on the British colony of Cape Town. A volunteer cadre of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers are sent to Zululand to try to make contact with Shaka and assess the real threat of his army.
Cast
- Henry Cele as Shaka
- Dudu Mkhize as Nandi
- Edward Fox as Lt. Francis Farewell
- Robert Powell as Dr. Henry Fynn
- Trevor Howard as Lord Charles Somerset
- Fiona Fullerton as Elizabeth Farewell
- Christopher Lee as Lord Bathurst
- Roy Dotrice as George IV
- Gordon Jackson as Prof. Bramston
- Kenneth Griffith as Zacharias Abrahams