The Zulu's Heart
About The Zulu's Heart
A Zulu chief of the Amatabele is burying his four-year-old daughter, dead of fever, when a war cry calls him out with an assegai and an ox-hide shield. A Boer, his wife, and their four-year-old girl are caught on the road. The father sends them into the woods and tries to hold the band with a rifle. The girl offers her doll for her mother's life. Reminded of his own child, the chief kills three of his men, gives the girl back, and sees mother and child on their way.
Cast & crew
More about The Zulu's Heart
D. W. Griffith wrote and directed the one-reel drama. G. W. Bitzer photographed the Cliffside exteriors. Biograph copyrighted it on September 25, 1908, H116155, and released it on October 6, 1908. It runs 776 feet. White actors in blackface play the Zulus.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer shot the Cliffside, New Jersey exteriors for the 776-foot Biograph short.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
The film is extant. Silent Era lists it as public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Charles Inslee is the Zulu chief. Florence Lawrence is the Boer's wife. Gladys Egan is the daughter. Harry Solter is the Boer.
- George Gebhardt, John R. Cumpson, and Arthur V. Johnson play Zulu warriors. W. Chrystie Miller, Alfred Paget, and Mack Sennett are uncredited.
- Silent Era marks the film public domain in the United States and says a print exists. It also notes an unnamed DVD.
Scenes
- The chief is burying his daughter when the war cry sounds.
- The Boer girl holds out her doll.
- He kills three warriors and walks the mother and child clear.
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheZulusHeartPreview)
