Question 1

What unusual technical advisor helped shape the battle scenes in Zulu?

Accepted Answer

A Zulu Princess and tribal historian served as a technical advisor, drawing the battle strategy in the sand, which director Cy Endfield filmed exactly as she drew it.

Question 2

How did the Zulu extras, who had never seen a movie, learn to act for the camera?

Accepted Answer

Stanley Baker showed them silent movies featuring Harold Lloyd, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Buster Keaton, which the Zulus loved, to help them understand filmmaking.

Question 3

Which real-life descendant of Zulu royalty played his great-grandfather in the film?

Accepted Answer

Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, from a line of Zulu warriors and royalty, played his great-grandfather, King Cetewayo, after the director saw a family resemblance.

Question 4

What unique piece of film equipment was invented for Zulu to handle the African bush?

Accepted Answer

Ken Eddy designed the first Filmair Giraffe camera crane, a lightweight crane that could be disassembled for transport, starting a company still used in the industry.

Question 5

What historical conflict and setting drive the plot of Zulu?

Accepted Answer

Set in 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War, the story follows Lt. Chard and Lt. Bromhead defending the isolated Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift against vastly outnumbered tribal hordes.

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