• Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G. Ross's 1978 play of the...
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    Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant (born Edwin Henry Murrant, 9 December 1864 – 27 February 1902) was an English horseman, bush balladist, military officer...
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  • court-martial of Breaker Morant was a war crimes prosecution that brought to trial six officers – Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant, Peter Handcock,...
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    Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts is an Australian play written by Kenneth G. Ross, centred on the court-martial and the last days of Lieutenant Harry...
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  • uninhabited island The Breaker (film), a 1974 documentary about Breaker Morant Breaker (Accept album), 1981 Breaker (For Today album), 2010 Breaker (Vary Lumar album)...
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    stage play Breaker Morant, that was based on the life of Australian soldier Harry "Breaker" Morant. With the support of the South Australian Film Corporation...
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    acts". Court-martial of Breaker Morant Breaker Morant (play) Breaker Morant (film) Charles Leach (2012), The Legend of Breaker Morant is Dead and Buried....
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    in South Africa. After a court martial, Handcock (along with Harry "Breaker" Morant) was convicted and executed for the murders of nine Boer POWs and three...
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  • The Breaker is a 1974 documentary about Breaker Morant directed by Frank Shields. It was the first film from Frank Shields. He says he was inspired to...
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  • New Wave war films such as Breaker Morant (1980), Gallipoli (1981), and the 5-part TV series Anzacs (1985). Recurring themes of these films include the...
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  • Australia, on 2 February 1978. (Donovan also appeared in the 1980 film Breaker Morant, but in a subsidiary role, rather than as the title character). In...
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    Lieutenant-General Viscount Kitchener, albeit Lieutenants Peter Handcock and Harry "Breaker" Morant, who were court martialled with him, were both executed by firing squad...
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    Bruce Beresford (category Australian film directors)
    AACTA/AFI Awards winner out of 10 total nominations Beresford's films include Breaker Morant (1980), Tender Mercies (1983), Crimes of the Heart (1986), Driving...
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    on 1 December 1902 The 1980 film Breaker Morant portrays the unit in which Australian Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock were serving...
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    Benedict Wall (category New Zealand male film actors)
    Fortune, Underbelly: Badness, Breaker Morant: The Retrial and Pirates of the Airwaves. Wall co-wrote and directed the short film Best Mates. In 2016, he took...
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    Edward Woodward (category English male film actors)
    in the 1973 cult British horror film The Wicker Man, and in the title role of the 1980 Australian biopic Breaker Morant. From 1985 to 1989, Woodward starred...
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    Bryan Brown (category Australian male film actors)
    over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include Breaker Morant (1980), Give...
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  • Morant, responded with a series of revenge killings of both POWs and many local civilians. This led directly to the Court-martial of Breaker Morant,...
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  • 2018) was an Australian writer and director, best known for his work on Breaker Morant, A Town Like Alice, and The Sum of Us. Stevens was born in 1940 in Tiberias...
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  • film starring American singer Laura Branigan. The film was written and directed by Academy Award nominee Jonathan Hardy, who had also written Breaker...
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  • ISBN 0-89577-414-3 "Review noting Captain Queeg cross examination". "'Breaker' Morant, A film review by Christopher Null". Excerpt of cross examination in A...
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  • Kit Taylor (section Film)
    roles including Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Alice in Wonderland, Breaker Morant, Richard III, The Club and Crown Matrimonial "PERSONAL". Benalla Ensign...
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  • inaccuracies in his earlier book, including the incorrect spelling. In the film Breaker Morant he is played by Bruno Knez. Wallace, R. L. (1983). "Handcock, Peter...
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  • New Wave war film Breaker Morant (1980) and preceded the 5-part TV series Anzacs (1985), and The Lighthorsemen (1987). Themes of these films include the...
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  • to appear in a straight period film closer to Breaker Morant. However Jenkins and Thomson's vision prevailed. The film was not a success. Director Mike...
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  • for his novel The Breaker (1973), based on the story of Breaker Morant. Although it was widely assumed that the film Breaker Morant was based on Denton's...
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  • Bulawayo on 24 October 1941. In the award-winning Australian New Wave film Breaker Morant, Taylor is portrayed onscreen by John Waters. Alfred Taylor was born...
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  • (1985) The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) Oscar and Lucinda (2000) 'Breaker' Morant (1980) The Hero of the Dardanelles (1915) Murphy of Anzac (1916) Gallipoli...
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  • Vincent Ball (category Australian male film actors)
    Ball is best known for film roles in British and Australian films and television films, including A Town Like Alice, Breaker Morant, Phar Lap, Muriel's Wedding...
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  • Jonathan Hardy (category Australian male film actors)
    Beresford he co-wrote the screenplay for the film Breaker Morant: for which he received an Australian Film Institute award (1980), and was nominated for...
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