• 1986
  • TV-MA
  • 55m
Shaka Zulu

Summary A historical account on the life of the Zulu King Shaka. View more details

  • 1986
  • TV-MA
  • 55m

Shaka Zulu

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Trevor Howard Edward Fox Robert Powell Fiona Fullerton

All cast & crew

7.7

Details

Genres : Action Drama History War Biography

Release date : Oct 8, 1986

Countries of origin : United States Italy Australia South Africa West Germany

Language : English Zulu

Filming locations : South Africa

Production companies : Harmony Gold Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG) South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

Summary A historical account on the life of the Zulu King Shaka. View more details

Details

Genres : Action Drama History War Biography

Release date : Oct 8, 1986

Countries of origin : United States Italy Australia South Africa West Germany

Language : English Zulu

Filming locations : South Africa

Production companies : Harmony Gold Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG) South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 23, 1986
Part I
As Shaka the Zulu king rises to power in 1820s Africa, the British Empire begins to see him and his empire as a threat to theirs.
Episode 2 • Oct 15, 1986
Episode #1.2
After being shipwrecked off the coast of Zululand, the British are escorted to Shaka's Capitol, Kwa-Bulawayo, where they meet Shaka and his mother Nandi. Shaka then demonstrates his power over his people and proves that he is not a man to be underestimated.
Episode 3 • Oct 22, 1986
Episode #1.3
In a flashback to 1786, Zulu Prince Senzangakona romances Nandi, a member of the neighboring Elangeni kingdom. Their indiscretions result in two children out of wedlock, including a boy named Shaka.
Episode 4 • Oct 29, 1986
Episode #1.4
Prince Senzangakona makes Nandi a royal wife but continues to abuse her, which brings a death threat from the teenage Shaka. Nandi and Shaka flee and return to her people, but are unwelcome and flee once again. Considered outcasts of two kingdoms, Shaka grows up thirsty for revenge, determined to take his father's throne by force.
Episode 5 • Nov 05, 1986
Episode #1.5
Shaka has grown into a fine young man. Senzangakona invites him to return to Zululand and become the heir apparent, but upon his return he is forced to flee for his life. He is eventually taken in by another tribe and trains as a soldier.
Episode 6 • Nov 12, 1986
Episode #1.6
Shaka goes deep into the Nkandla forest and has a blacksmith forge a stabbing spear, which he has empowered by "The Nameless One" and given magical powers. However, it is predicted that the weapon will possess Shaka. After a series of military victories, Shaka finally faces his father as he attempts to conquer the Zulu Kingdom.
Episode 7 • Nov 19, 1986
Episode #1.7
Shaka is severely wounded during an assassination attempt and Fynn saves his life. In gratitude, Shaka gives land and permission to hunt for ivory to Farewell. However in Capetown both Shaka and Farewell are proclaimed dead.
Episode 8 • Nov 26, 1986
Episode #1.8
Fynn traces the history of Shaka and the Ndwandwe king Zwide after Shaka orders the Britons to help fight Zwide, who was responsible for the death of Dingiswayo.
Episode 9 • Dec 03, 1986
Episode #1.9
Shaka agrees to help build a boat to carry Farewell and a Zulu delegation to Cape Town, where they are imprisoned by Somerset; Shaka is furious that Pampata has borne him a son.
Episode 10 • Dec 10, 1986
Episode #1.10
Shaka helps Farewell and a Zulu delegation to get to Cape Town, where Lord Somerset imprisons them; Nandi's death sends Shaka into a frenzy of destruction.
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