This is a true masterpiece that is 60 years old and many people have probably never seen.
Hollywood has always shown great interest in portraying war conflicts of utmost importance in the history of humanity on the big screen. However, there have been various war films that have been criticized for their lack of realism or historical inaccuracy.
According to war veteran James D. Dever, who retired from the United States Marine Corps in the late 1990s and has since worked as a military technical consultant in Hollywood, For him, the most important aspects in a war film are the uniforms that the soldiers wear, as well as the way the characters move and behave. That is what makes a film of this genre credible.
It is true that these details can only be appreciated by people who have actually served in the army, otherwise, they are things that go unnoticed by the rest of the public. However, It is appreciated that there are filmmakers who try to do their best to make their films as close to reality as possible.
Such is the case of Zulu (1964), directed by Cy Endfield and starring Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth and Nigel Green. Based on real events, the film shows us a bloody battle that took place in South Africa on January 23, 1879: the Battle of Rorke’s Drift. In this violent conflict, 140 British soldiers had to face 4,000 Zulu warriors, resulting in a real massacre.
“If you’ve never seen the movie, you should definitely see it,” says James D. Dever about Zulu. “The formations are exactly right for that era, the rifles, the way they behave [los soldados]. It’s so real that that alone makes it a good movie.” Have you ever seen this classic war film?
