Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Michael Caine stars in this epic story of the battle of Rorke&s Drift on January 22nd 1879 where 1200 British troops found themselves completely outnumbered by irate Zulu warriors in Natal South Africa Having already destroyed a very large British garrison 4000 Zulu warriors are now on their way to overcome the handful of men stationed at Rorke&s Drift The two lieutenants in charge of the garrison Jon Chard (Stanley Baker) & Gonville Bromhead (Caine) are at odds with each other but manage to rally the men together & put up a courageous fight Only a few of the men survived eleven receiving the Victoria Cross