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Gallipoli
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.
1981 · Directed by Peter Weir · 112 min · War · History · Drama · 9 frames
Tagline
From a place you never heard of...a story you'll never forget.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Williamson
- Cinematography: Russell Boyd
- Edited by: William M. Anderson
- Music: Brian May, Tommaso Albinoni, Jean-Michel Jarre
- Produced by: Patricia Lovell, Robert Stigwood
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Frank Dunne
- Mark Lee as Archy Hamilton
- Bill Kerr as Jack
- Harold Hopkins as Les McCann
- Charles Lathalu Yunipingu as Zac
- Heath Harris as Stockman
- Ron Graham as Wallace Hamilton
- Gerda Nicolson as Rose Hamilton
- Robert Grubb as Billy
- Tim McKenzie as Barney
Production
- Country: Australia
- Language: English, Turkish, French
- Studios: R & R Films, Australian Film Commission
- Budget: $2,600,000
- Box office: $17,400,000
- Themes: australia, army, world war i, battle assignment, british empire, troops, turkey, turkish army, anti war, runner
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