BREAKER MORANT

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• Release Year: 1980
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: Personal revenge or act of war? Crazed soldiers or political scapegoats? Winner of 10 Australian Film Institute Awards, this powerful film directed by the Oscar-nominated Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) continues to stir audiences with its timeless themes of wartime morality and military hypocrisy.; ; Based on a true story, Edward Woodward (TV's The Equalizer) unforgettably stars as the controversial folk hero and Renaissance man Lt. Harry 'Breaker' Morant. As South Africa's controversial Boer War draws to a close, Morant and two fellow Australian soldiers (Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitzgerald) are court-martialed for murder. Their only hope lies in a small-town lawyer who fights passionately for their lives.
• Cast: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Terence Donovan, Vincent Ball, Ray Meagher, Chris Haywood, Russell Kiefel, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Rod Mullinar, Alan Cassell, Rob Steele, Chris Smith, Bruno Knez, John Pfitzner, Frank Wilson, Michael Procanin, Ray Ball, Wayne Bell, Halifa Cisse, Norman Currer, Bridget Cornish, Judy Dick, Barbara West, Ria Erskine, Ian Gray, Sylvia Horseman, Dick Henderson, Alan Lovett, Trevor Mann, Jon Nicholls, Peter Osborn, Ron Peterson, Don Quin, Maria Reed, Ron Rodger, Nellie Seidel, Laurie Walton, Hank Bernard, Elspeth Radford, Bruce Beresford
• Director: Bruce Beresford
• Runtime: 1:47
• Company: Image Entertainment
• Media Format: movie