Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Directed by Peter Weir
australia
army
world war i
battle assignment
british empire
troops
turkey
turkish army
anti war
runner
perth, australia
1910s
gallipoli campaign
sprinter
anzac
australian soldiers
running
Rank
#19 in 1981·#2655 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Mel Gibson
Frank Dunne
Mark Lee
Archy Hamilton
Bill Kerr
Jack
Harold Hopkins
Les McCann
Heath Harris
Stockman
Gerda Nicolson
Rose Hamilton
Robert Grubb
Billy
Tim McKenzie
Barney
David Argue
Snowy
Reg Evans
Athletics Official 1
Steve Dodd
Billy Snakeskin
Harold Baigent
Camel Driver
Crew
Peter Weir
Director
David Williamson
Screenplay
Brian May
Original Music Composer
Jean-Michel Jarre
Original Music Composer
Russell Boyd
Director of Photography
Peter Weir
Story
Martin Cooper
Associate Producer
Rupert Murdoch
Presenter
Popular Reviews
119 reviews
Welldunn
9.0★ · 05/04/26
Wtf dude what the actual fuck come on u can’t do that come on
Wtf dude what the actual fuck come on u can’t do that come on
Davechild
9.0★ · 03/29/26
You know maybe war isn’t so fun after all!
You know maybe war isn’t so fun after all!
Erik Olsson
8.0★ · 03/26/26
The choice of how this movie ends is one of the most ballsy and most utterly appropriate and effective gutpunches I have ever seen.
The choice of how this movie ends is one of the most ballsy and most utterly appropriate and effective gutpunches I have ever seen.
MechaniChris
6.0★ · 03/25/26
They really should have set up some kind of cup on a string system for talking in the trenches.
They really should have set up some kind of cup on a string system for talking in the trenches.
Andrew Pinck
7.0★ · 03/24/26
80s were crazy cause they’re gonna show us the two slowest twinks that i’d wash at one on one and call them the greatest athletes of the western world
beautiful movie though
80s were crazy cause they’re gonna show us the two slowest twinks that i’d wash at one on one and call them the greatest athletes of the western world
