Zulu (1964 film) a Western movie, with the traditional roles of the United States Cavalry and Native Americans taken by the British and the Zulus respectively. Director Endfield showed a Western to Zulu extras to demonstrate the concept of film acting and how he wanted the warriors to conduct themselves. It has been rumoured that due to the apartheid laws in South Africa, none of the Zulu extras could be paid for their performance and that, consequently, Endfield circumvented this restriction by leaving them all the animals, primarily cattle, used in the film. This allegation is incorrect, as all of the Zulu extras
Muhammad: The Messenger of God (film) had problems with constructions, with providing costumes and animals, transporting elephants and handling the huge number of people on the shoot, as some days the team had nearly 3000 extras present on the site. In the beginning of the film, a message appears that states the film encompasses historical facts as well as free personal impressions about the Prophet Muhammad. Accordingly, some of the film's events did not actually take place in real life, but are indeed similar to events in the Prophet's biography and which exhibit his mercy, blessings and sympathy for all humankind regardless of whether they were