Michael caine stars in this epic story of the battle of rorke's drift, on january 22nd 1879, where 1,200 british troops found themselves completely outnumbered by irate zulu warriors in natal, south africa'. '.strtoupper('h')aving already destroyed a very large british garrison, 4,000 zulu warriors are now on their way to overcome the handful of men stationed at rorke's drift'. '.strtoupper('t')he two lieutenants in charge of the garrison, jon chard stanley baker and gonville bromhead caine, are at odds with each other, but manage to rally the men together and put up a courageous fight'. '.strtoupper('o')nly a few of the men survived, eleven receiving the victoria cross'. '.strtoupper('r')unning time 133 minutes region region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe'. '.strtoupper('r')ead more about dvd formats'. '.strtoupper('r')elease date 05 05 2014