Overview
Framed around Queen Victoria's decision on England's political stance towards the Zulu Nation, this mini-series details King Shaka's rise and fall with mythic detail. Prophecy is mixed with recorded fact regarding Shaka's birth, exile, innovations in warfare, assumption of the throne, building of the Zulu Empire, first contact with Europe and the events that lead to his downfall.
Director and cast
- 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
- Henry Cele as Shaka
- Dudu Mkhize as Nandi
- Roy Dotrice as George IV
- Gordon Jackson as Prof. Bramston
- Kenneth Griffith as Zacharias Abrahams
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