5 Films & TV Shows Set In South Africa During The 1870s

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  Zulu Dawn

  🇿🇦 South Africa The 1870s

  The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant! — In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

  Released in 1979 • 117 minutes
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  Young Winston

  England 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇿🇦 South Africa The 1900s The 1890s The 1880s The 1870s

  Rebel Soldier Hustler Prisoner Fugitive Firebrand — This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

  Released in 1972 • 149 minutes
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  Zulu

  🇿🇦 South Africa The 1870s

  Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest! — In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

  Released in 1964 • 138 minutes
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  Diamond City

  🇿🇦 South Africa The 1870s

  Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

  Released in 1949 • 90 minutes
• Rhodes of Africa

  🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 🇿🇦 South Africa The 1900s The 1890s The 1880s The 1870s The 1860s

  Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney and Bernard Lee.

  Released in 1936 • 90 minutes