In THE ZULU WARS, the latest release from UK mail order
specialist Simply Home Entertainment, John Hurt is your
guide to one of the most fascinating periods in the
history of the British Empire.
Anyone who has seen ZULU starring Stanley Baker and
Michael Caine will be fascinated to learn the real story
of Rorke’s Drift and the dramatic events that
both preceded it and followed the battle.
THE ZULU WARS is a major film production covering the
rise of the Zulu nation, the warrior king Shaka Zulu
and the Zulu Wars which followed. The story is told
entirely through spectacular and highly authentic reconstructions
of key events and battles, filmed entirely on location
in South Africa and employing many hundreds of extras
in authentic tribal and period costume.
THE ZULU WARS tells the story of the rise of the great
warrior King, Shaka Zulu, who forged a mighty nation
on Spartan principles, and looks at his legacy. It reveals
how increasing tension between the Zulu and the white
Boer settlers led to a bloody massacre by the Zulus,
who were in turn punished by roving Boer commando groups
and finally beaten at the Battle of Blood River, here
recreated in spectacular fashion for the cameras.
THE ZULU WARS also explains how the British were drawn
into the conflict and features all-new recreations of
the pivotal battles of Isandlhana and Rorke’s
Drift; the first a bloody massacre and the second one
of the proudest moments in British military history.
Western and Zulu experts both give their accounts of
the battles, supported by eyewitness accounts from both
sides, and extraordinary period photographs.
This unique extra-length DVD concludes with a superb
re-creation of the Battle of Ulundi, where the might
of the Zulu nation met a well prepared British force
armed with cannon, rockets - and the new Gatling gun…
THE ZULU WARS will be available from 22nd September
2008, priced £16.99.
Copies will also be available through mail order from
Simply Home Entertainment, priced £16.99
Credit card customers can also order copies by ringing
0844 848 2000
Or online – www.simplyhe.co.uk
