I was lucky enough to be working in Pietermaritzburg when this movie was made. The Natal Cricket ground in PMB was used as the army camp and the cricket pavilion was used as HQ. Many of the night shift guys I worked with at The Natal Witness got jobs as background extras in the army scenes .. they told me that the uniforms were badly made and that the jackets had no buttons ... the guns were made of wood ... well it wasn't noticeable in the movie I think. The company that made it, Samarkand, went bust during the filming of the movie and many local contractors never recovered their outlay, particularly the farmers that supplied some of the waggons, etc. This delayed the eventual release of the film. The town was full of Imperial car hire cars during the weeks of filming, was an exciting time in "sleepy hollow". A good movie though, factually correct unlike the original Zulu, thought that was a more enjoyable movie.
Review of Zulu Dawn
