# Gladiator and Zulu

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 27, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gladiator-and-zulu/47380 "2000-12-27T16:03:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gladiator-and-zulu/47380/1 "2000-12-27T16:03:44Z")

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I was watching _Gladiator_ on DVD last night…in the opening battle against the German barbarians, I was Stunned & Amazed to hear that the Germans’ war chants and cries were directly lifted from the soundtrack of _Zulu_ (1964, Michael Caine & Stanley Baker). !!!

Anybody else notice this? Oddly enough, I didn’t notice this when I saw Gladiator in the theaters, but it was unmistakable at home (especially if you’ve seen Zulu several times).

Any scoop on how this came to be? (If it’s in the 4 hours of bonus material, forgive me, but I haven’t gotten around to that yet).