Gallipoli

• 7.1 War
• 1981-08-13
• 112 minutes mins

As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal eight-month conflict which pit the British and their allies against the Ottoman Empire and left over 500,000 men dead.

Starring:

Mel Gibson (Frank Dunne) Mark Lee (Archy Hamilton) Bill Kerr (Jack) Harold Hopkins (Les McCann) Charles Lathalu Yunipingu (Zac) Heath Harris (Stockman) Ron Graham (Wallace Hamilton) Gerda Nicolson (Rose Hamilton) Robert Grubb (Billy) Tim McKenzie (Barney)

Director:

Peter Weir

Writer:

David Williamson