Framed around Queen Victoria's decision on England's political stance towards the Zulu Nation, this mini-series details King Shaka's rise and fall with mythic detail. Prophecy is mixed with recorded fact regarding Shaka's birth, exile, innovations in warfare, assumption of the throne, building of the Zulu Empire, first contact with Europe and the events that lead to his downfall.

Edward Fox ... Lt. Francis Farewell (1 episode, 1986)
Robert Powell ... Dr. Henry Fynn (1 episode, 1986)
Trevor Howard ... Lord Charles Somerset (1 episode, 1986)
Fiona Fullerton ... Elizabeth Farewell (1 episode, 1986)
Christopher Lee ... Lord Bathurst (1 episode, 1986)
Henry Cele ... Shaka (1 episode, 1986)
Khumbulani Cele ... Shaka (6-11) (1 episode, 1986)



General
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Complete name : Shaka.Zulu.1986.S01.DVDRip.x264-Snake.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 504 MiB
Duration : 52mn 36s
Overall bit rate : 1 338 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2015-01-10 19:59:24
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Duration : 52mn 36s
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Height : 576 pixels
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Color space : YUV
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Bit depth : 8 bits
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Stream size : 409 MiB (81%)
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Duration : 52mn 36s
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Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
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Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 8ms
Stream size : 84.3 MiB (17%)
Language : English