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Breaker Morant

1h 42m War, Drama, History, Australia, Austraian 1980
Best Adapted Screenplay - Oscar Nominee

The British war against the Boers has deteriorated into bitter guerrilla warfare.

South Africa, 1901. The British war against the Boers has deteriorated into bitter guerrilla warfare. A unit of the Bushveladt Carbineers, made up mainly of Australians, is ordered by the British High Command to the fight the Boer on it’s terms and take no prisoners, an order which will prove fatal to a man they call “The Breaker” - Lieutenant Harry Morant. Based on a true story, this classic Australian motion picture of injustice and the horror of war has swept the world to become one of the most acclaimed Australian movies ever made.

Cast

Edward Woodward (Lt. Harry "Breaker" Morant) , Bryan Brown (Lt. Peter Handcock)

Director

Bruce Beresford

Language

English

Country

Australia