Shaka Zulu

We saw this move years ago. it was good to add to our colection.

"I was not very impressed by the caption", "The most Savage Warrior of all times" even after watching the movie. I never saw savage, I saw a very clever revengeful boy, who grew with much hate for the ones who had done his family: Mother, Grandmother and sister as well as himself, Wrong. This warrior, who became a King, as told in the movie was destined to become a powerful King and rule over all Kraal's, which is the word the British chosen to be used for the Africans instead of empire's. So when one is not subjected to a way of another's way of living,then they choose to degraded another's way of life, with words. Powerful and savagery! I guess if I had to wonder in the wildernest for years I just might have a revenge problem as well.I am still stuck on some of these chosen words by supposedly intelligent writers. Savage Warrior - would mean - untrained, uncivilized barbarian. Well people who can not think without killing would be barbarian's and people who defend would be called what??? Well there was not a trace of that with Chaka, he was thinking all the time for revenge of what had happened to his family and since His Grandmother had to die a harsh death, he figured the one's who sent them out to die should get the same justice. Justice!Chaka was a true King and a powerful warrior first and foremost, and his reign of super intelligence, courage beyond words and the physical strength to achieve his goals. This King was not afraid of any man and with just a spear that he designed and shield that he designed, became a killing machine. He had his army stand before men with cannons and guns. WOW! amazing, and even more amazing they were undefeated. What military strategy. Now I am not quite sure if I remember why the British were afraid of him when he had nothing to do with them, oh! yes take over, fear. Yes, I remember now. Fear!But I loved the mind of this King, he was not easily baited as planned by the British, nor easily defeated as planned. I am not a favorite of what wars do to humans, but if I had to march or fight behind a great king this would have been the one. Purpose! fight for a purpose. Not just for greed.Review: This is a must see even now, Yes, it is an old version, but it is far better then the version I saw just recently, where Chaka was a captured slave. I better do some more reading, I don't remember that he was a captured slave. So I just might need to update my memory. Yet back to this film, I showed this to my children, many times, when they were young, it was a part of their history lesson. Try to never be manipulated..Try to be cleaver, like Fox. Henry Cele - (Shaka Zulu) was an outstanding actor, he was very powerful in his performance, as well as the young Shaka, I did not get his name not even on the credits here. I would have to look on the movie for his name. But this child did a superb job and the young man who portrayed Shaka as a teen, I did not see his name either, but he too, did a superb, job. I will have to look up their names, as for Dudu Mkhize who played his mother Nandi, and his Aunt; Mkabay, played by; Gugu Nxumalo. Now for the other names of the Zulu's and the other African Actors or people who portrayed these characters, names are not quite clear to me. Help! I was quite fond of the Dr. Henry Finn, played by Robert Powell, who seemed to narrate the movie as well as write the story, excellent job. This is a remarkable based true story. I give it a thumbs up. 5 star....

Series is fantastic however discs were anything but secure.Haven’t played all the discs but I’m afraid because of the discs were floating around in the case some damage may have been damage.Update to follow.

I remembered this series being on PBS ( I believe) twenty years ago and decided That I would like to watch again, however, I couldn’t find it on any station or streaming app, so happy to get it on CD’s Enjoy the menu set up and it is organized so well. Thank you.

The movie was excellent. It was a replacement for a VHS. The only complaint I had is that the picture quality was somewhat dark, which made it not "crystal clear".

This is an outstanding series. This tells of the rise and power of the Warrior King Shaka Zulu. Shaka Zulu ruled with an iron fist over the Zulu Nation (current day South Africa) for over 30 years. Henry Cele portrays the powerful leader in a convincing way. This series never has a dull moment and is riveting to watch. Shaka Zulu was embittered towards his father who was a Zulu King due to his harsh treatment of his mother, sister, and grandmother and it is Shaka's quest to bring him to justice and to take over as King.Eventually, Shaka Zulu completes his goals and crowns himself King of the mighty Zulu Nation. The Zulu's were fierce warriors, just ask the British and the Boers. A European missionary who was in the Zulu territory said that the landscape was littered with bones and skulls due to Shaka Zulu's fierceness of battle and conquest.The story does end with the downfall and death of Shaka Zulu, as all mighty leaders must fall and die over due course, but Shaka Zulu definitely had a full life. He was cunning, a brilliant battle strategist and a great warrior, he is one of the few true conquerors of history, and is yet overlooked due to Western Civilizations ignorance of African history. Hopefully, one day this will be solved. There was controversy at the time of the making of this film in 1983 due to it being filmed and produced in Apartheid South Africa, but the film and the director due the Zulu's justice. It does not take anything away from the story and the proud history of the Zulu tribe.This film is highly recommended to those who enjoy a riveting film about battle, treachery, revenge and triumph. The historical accuracy is also quite good with just a few minor details that were not true, but overall it is a good historical portrait of the mighty Shaka Zulu.

This one is great. It is well done in terms of story, action and historicity. It takes liberties but it well conveys the legend of Shaka, the king that transformed the Zulus from a minor tribe into a major power.The backdrop of the series is a colonial government that is worried about the power and threat of the Zulus. Since the colonial office is in a parsimonious mood, funds are not available for sending troops. Instead, an officer of the royal navy is sent to make contact with Shaka in order to try and make a friendly alliance. This officer is played by Edward Fox.Fox and his band make contact with Shaka but start off at a disadvantage since they are themselves shipwrecked. Even so, they manage to pique Shaka's curiosity and become his valued assets as well as being his prisoners. During the course of this, a series of episodes are used as flashbacks to explain how Shaka came to power.The series is fascinating. It relies on legend and on history. Many of the actors are big names but most of them have only cameo roles. The real stars are the Zulus, particularly Henry Cele (as Shaka) who are telling their own story. There are ten fascinating hours.

これは1986年、南アフリカ共和国のテレビ・ドラマ、一話50分の全10話をDVD4枚に収録、　ディスク4にはインタビューなど特典映像集あり、DVD4枚は箱付き五面に開くデジパックに収納、　小さい解説ブックレット8ページ付き、本作は昭和の終わりにダイジェスト版VHS全三巻が一度だけ発売されており、ここでも中古を購入可能、このDVDは国内用BLプレーヤーでは問題なく再生可能、英語字幕はないが、物語はそれほど込み入ったものではなく、興味のあるファンは輸入品を購入しても後悔することはないと推薦できる、ただし一点だけ注意しなければならないのが、全エピソード収録のDVD4枚組とダイジェスト版DVDが混在して掲示されていること、再生環境が許す方は最新版BL二枚組をゲットしたほうが賢明かと思う、戦争映画ファンにはおなじみのズールー戦争の前時代、物語はシャカ・ズールー(1787-1828)を主人公に、彼の父の世代から語り始め、出生の闇、辛酸をなめた成長期、最優秀なウォリアーとして戦闘改革から部族併合、小規模とはいえ帝国を築く過程をほぼ時系列で単純明快に描写する、映画のような凝った描写や編集による物語の深みはないが、テレビ・ドラマらしい分かりやすさのなかに、2世紀前のアフリカ大陸らしい近代的価値観に侵される前の部族らしい豪快さが彼らには彼らならではの文化風俗が歴史的に蓄積されていた結果だったことが余すところなく語りつくされる、実際にズールー居住地区でロケし、大量の現地エキストラを投入することで実写テレビ・ドラマとすれば画期的かつ最大規模のスペクタクル・シーンが毎回乱れ打ちされる目を見張らざるを得ない史劇でもある、本作を見れば後のズールー戦争でイギリスが敗れる必然を理解できると思う、そして、当時のネイティブ・ミュージックがふんだんに盛り込まれたミュージカル的要素もある快作でもある、イギリス側出演者はエドワード・フォックス、ロバート・パウエル、トレバー・ハワード、クリストファー・リーという映画でもなかなか実現しないような豪華さ、途中、物語が完全にシャカの成長物語となる部分ではまったく白人俳優が登場しなくなるのも潔い脚本だと思う、国王の勅命によりアフリカ出張するエドワード演じる大尉が親ズールー族として帰国する物語には、彼をT.E.ロレンス的キャラクタに造形しようとした節が見え隠れし、最終回をよりテレビ・ドラマ的な大感動作に仕上げているとも思う、

The series is good, covering the rise, the greatness and the madness of this tyrant. It also covers the arrogance and ineptitude of the British Colonial office The costumes and dancing are well worth watching. .Note I bought an old version (used) of this series which was considerably cheaper than the more recently released version.

Je suis très heureuse de cet achat 🥰Les DVD de cette magnifique série sont en très bonne condition, et surtout, c'est bilingue anglais et français ☺️

Cadeau pour un cadeau collectionneur.Personne contente bien emballée sur hyper rapidement

I first saw Shaka Zulu on Australian TV around 1986 and, as an African living abroad, it made me homesick.Now I am home, and have rewatched the telemovie several times and my advice is: buy it, watch it, enjoy!The script, structure and acting are first rate, but historic detail is where the late director, William Faure, scores best.Shaka (1790 - 1828) was a tyrant who slaughtered neighbouring tribes into submission, so creating the Zulu nation. He was probably the biggest slave owner in African history and, when angry would impale his real and imagined enemies in the style of King Vlad from Rumania (on whom the Dracula legend was based).But Shaka was also a military genius in the league of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. And, like those men, once he had subdued an enemy clan or tribe, those who surrendered were incorporated into the Zulu nation, with full rights as citizens. Today, while no racial group has a majority in South Africa, the Zulu at 15 per cent (or six million people) are the largest single community and this dominance stems from Shaka.The series is long, and some of the dance scenes can drag, but the story is as gripping as the best period dramas from Europe or the USA.Henry Cele (also now dead) who plays Shaka, does a good job in showing the madness that overcame the king, until in 1828 he was murdered by his half brother, Dingaan, who took the throne.The Zulu monarchy continues today, inside the Republic of South Africa, and Zulus are rightly proud of their history and traditions. But Shaka remains the most famous character in the country's history and it is not hard to see why.I recommend this DVD set and it deserves a full five stars!Geoff HillAuthor and JournalistJohannesburg