Shaka Zulu - The Complete 10 Part Television Epic
by William C. Faure
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Actor: Christopher Lee, Edward Fox, Fiona Fullerton, Robert Powell, Trevor HowardDirector: William C. Faure
Brand: A&E
Cinematographer: Alec Mills
Producer: Ed Harper
Producer: Joshua Sinclair
Writer: Joshua Sinclair
Producer: Leon Rautenbach
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 500 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
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Movie Review: Shaka Zulu - Revisited
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this series on TV years ago. The saga of Shaka Zulu while portrayed through the eyes of a British officer still offers the viewer a panoramic dramatization of life of the indiginous tribal peoples of South Africa during those times. I recommend this series to everyone interested in the man and leader known as Shaka Zulu. You will not be disappointed.
Summary of Shaka Zulu - The Complete 10 Part Television Epic
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 11/05/2002 Run time: 500 minutes Rating: NrThis sweeping miniseries from 1986 captures the rise and fall of an African emperor. Shaka Zulu begins following a British expedition sent to bargain with the fearsome Zulu army assembling on the outer edges of the British colonies in South Africa. Led by Lt. Francis Farewell (The Day of the Jackal, A Bridge Too Far), the expedition hopes to bamboozle a superstitious primitive, but their arrogance gets taken down a notch by a cunning and ruthless warlord who has unified vast territories through a combination of political charisma and military discipline. At this point, the focus shifts to how Shaka (the riveting Henry Cele), king of the Zulus, rose from a brutal childhood to royal grandeur--a semi-mythological tale filled with family strife, political intrigue, witchcraft, and bloody warfare. Powerful performances by Cele and Dudu Mikhize (as Shaka's iron-willed mother, Nandi) give this sprawling epic the drive and emotional scope of a Shakespearean drama. Shaka Zulu also draws sneaky parallels between the Zulu and British empires, often to sharp satirical effect. Full of richly conceived characters and compelling political maneuvering, this eight-hour series brings faraway history to living, breathing life. Also featuring Christopher Lee (whose always-steady career exploded at age 79 with juicy roles in The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones). --Bret Fetzer
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