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Zulu Dawn

1979 · 117 min · Director: Douglas Hickox ★ IMDb 6.7 · 8,488 ratings

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In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

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Zulu Dawn (1979) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 30%, Anxiety 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Excitement. Genres: Drama, History, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Sympathy

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then rises around 63 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessSympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension33 %28 %3 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor30 %21 %3 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor30 %15 %3 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor36 %15 %8 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Sympathy40 %25 %15 %21 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Tension39 %34 %13 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Tension40 %36 %14 %23 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Disturbing43 %36 %25 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Sadness45 %40 %24 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Tension52 %51 %14 %16 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Tension54 %54 %9 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Tension51 %51 %6 %11 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Tension61 %60 %14 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 79′Tension76 %74 %26 %34 %
72.5 %≈ 85′Tension85 %84 %28 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Tension89 %89 %35 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Tension90 %88 %56 %64 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Sympathy86 %74 %70 %69 %
92.5 %≈ 108′Sadness80 %57 %72 %60 %
97.5 %≈ 114′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Burt Lancaster

Col. Anthony Durnford

Peter O'Toole

Lord Chelmsford

John Mills

Sir Henry Bartle Frere

SW
Simon Ward

Lt. Vereker

CC
Christopher Cazenove

ND
Nigel Davenport

Col. Hamilton-Brown

MJ
Michael Jayston

Col. Crealock

PC
Paul Copley

James Faulkner

Lt. Melvill

DP
Donald Pickering

CC
Christopher Cazenove

Lt. Coghill

Bob Hoskins

C.S.M. Williams

DB
David Bradley

Pte Williams

PC
Paul Copley

Cpl. Storey

DP
Donald Pickering

Maj. Russell R.A.

NC
Nicholas Clay

Lt. Raw

PD
Phil Daniels

Boy Pullen

IY
Ian Yule

Cpl. Fields

PJ
Peter J. Elliott

Sentry

BO
Brian O'Shaughnessy

Maj. Smith R.A.

JB
Jan Bruyns

Elder Boer

Details

Directed by
Douglas Hickox
Written by
Cy Endfield, Anthony Story
Type
Movies
Released
1979
Runtime
117 min
Country
Netherlands, United States of America, South Africa
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 8,488 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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