B7310 BREAKER MORANT (AUSTRALIA, 1980) (Other titles: Heros ou salopards; Staerke viljer)

Credits: director, Bruce Beresford ; writer, Bruce Beresford, Jonathan Hardy, david Stevens ; original play, Kenneth Ross. Cast: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown. Summary: War film set in South Africa in 1898. Trying to counter the guerrilla tactics of the Boers, three Australian enlisted men commit war crimes and are tried and convicted by their English commanders in a politically expedient court martial. Though based on a true story, the film was identified as a ‘Vietnam’ film in the Richard Maxwell article (below) for its obvious parallels with the more recent guerrilla conflict.

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