Overview:
As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal eight-month conflict which pit the British and their allies against the Ottoman Empire and left over 500,000 men dead.| Status: | Released (1981-08-13) |
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| Awards: | 11 wins & 6 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $5,732,587 |
| Screen: | David Williamson, Peter Weir, Ernest Raymond |
| Productions: | R & R Films, Australian Film Commission |
| Production Countries: | Australia |
| Spoken Languages: | Français, English, العربية |
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Casts
- 2461: Mel Gibson - Frank Dunne
- 70752: Mark Lee - Archy Hamilton
- 70753: Bill Kerr - Jack
- 70755: Harold Hopkins - Les McCann
- 1482678: Charles Lathalu Yunipingu - Zac
- 75442: Heath Harris - Stockman
- 1241852: Ron Graham - Wallace Hamilton
Crews
- 2690: Peter Weir - Director - Directing
- 70756: Ernest Raymond - Novel - Writing
- 67822: Patricia Lovell - Producer - Production
- 8879: Robert Stigwood - Producer - Production
- 31027: Russell Boyd - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2705: William M. Anderson - Editor - Editing
- 58438: Brian May - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
Review text:
**Australia was “born” in Turkey.** This is a very interesting film that addresses Australia and New Zealand's joint participation in the First World War. Both countries had recently gained independence from the United Kingdom, there was no real sense of national identity and, des ....
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