

“From a place you never heard of...a story you'll never forget.”
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, Francis O'Brien
User score
555 votes




Released
August 13, 1981
1h 52m
English, Turkish, French
Budget → Revenue
$2.6M → $17.4M

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

David Argue
Snowy
Brian Anderson
Railway Foreman

Reg Evans
Athletics Official 1
Jack Giddings
Athletics Official 2
Dane Peterson
Announcer
Paul Linkson
Recruiting Officer
Jenny Lovell
Waitress

Steve Dodd
Billy Snakeskin

Harold Baigent
Camel Driver

Robyn Galwey
Mary