Breaker Morant (1980)

4.2
/ 10
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1h 47m
Running Time

June 11, 1980
Release Date

Breaker Morant (1980)

4.2
/ 10
5 User Ratings
1h 47m
Running Time

June 11, 1980
Release Date

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South Australian Film Corporation
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Plot.

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.

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Cast & Crew.

Norman Currer

Norman Currer

Boer Singer

Bridget Cornish

Bridget Cornish

Hunt's Sister

Judy Dick

Judy Dick

Mrs. Shiels

Barbara West

Barbara West

Mrs. Vanderberg

Ria Erskine

Ria Erskine

Boer Girl

Ian Gray

Ian Gray

B/M Thomas

Sylvia Horseman

Sylvia Horseman

Boer Pianist

Dick Henderson

Dick Henderson

Cpt. Nicholson

Nellie Seidel

Nellie Seidel

Boer Girl

Laurie Walton

Laurie Walton

Judge Advocate

Hank Bernard

Hank Bernard

Large Boer

Elspeth Radford

Elspeth Radford

Handcock's Wife

Judy Lovell

Judy Lovell

Makeup Artist

Anna Senior

Anna Senior

Costume Design

Catherine Lamey

Catherine Lamey

Editor / Hairstylist

Pamela H. Vanneck

Pamela H. Vanneck

Production Manager

Details.

Release Date
June 11, 1980

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 47m

Content Rating
PG

Budget
$1,000,000

Box Office
$8,200,000

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Wiki.

Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G. Ross's 1978 play of the same name.The film concerns the 1902 court martial of lieutenants Harry Morant, Peter Handcock and George Witton—one of the first war crime prosecutions in British military history. Australians serving in the British Army during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Morant, Handcock, and Witton stood accused of murdering captured enemy combatants and an unarmed civilian in the Northern Transvaal. The film is notable for its exploration of the Nuremberg Defence, the politics of the death penalty and the human cost of total war. As the trial unfolds, the events in question are shown in flashbacks.

In 1980, the film won ten Australian Film Institute Awards including: Best Film, Best Direction, Leading Actor, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, and Editing. It was also nominated for the 1980 Academy Award for the Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium).

Breaker Morant remains the movie with which Beresford is most identified and has "hoisted the images of the accused officers to the level of Australian icons and martyrs". In a 1999 interview Beresford explained that Breaker Morant "never pretended for a moment" that the defendants were not guilty as charged. He had intended the film to explore how wartime atrocities can be "committed by people who appear to be quite normal". Beresford concluded that he was "amazed" that so many people see his film as being about "poor Australians who were framed by the Brits".

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