Breaker Morant

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

1980

Director

Bruce Beresford

Genre

trial film

Main subject

capital punishment

Depicts

execution by firing squad

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films, AACTA Award for Best Film, AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, AACTA Award for Best Cinematography, AACTA Award for Best Costume Design, AACTA Award for Best Direction, AACTA Award for Best Editing, AACTA Award for Best Sound, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay

Australian Classification

PG

box office

4735000

cast member

Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Bud Tingwell, Chris Haywood, John Waters, Rod Mullinar, Terence Donovan, Alan Cassell, Vincent Ball, Ray Meagher

characters

Breaker Morant, Peter Handcock, George Witton, James Francis Thomas, Alfred Taylor, Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Hubert Hamilton

CNC film rating (France)

no age restriction

color

color

country of origin

Australia

different from

Breaker Morant

director of photography

Donald McAlpine

distributed by

Village Roadshow, Netflix

distribution format

video on demand

duration

107

film editor

William M. Anderson

Kijkwijzer rating

6

narrative location

South Africa

nominated for

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, AACTA Award for Best Film, AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, AACTA Award for Best Cinematography, AACTA Award for Best Costume Design, AACTA Award for Best Direction, AACTA Award for Best Editing, AACTA Award for Best Sound, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay

original language of film or TV show

English, Afrikaans

producer

Matt Carroll

production company

South Australian Film Corporation

review score

8.4/10, 72/100, 100%

screenwriter

Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford

title

Breaker Morant

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