Breaker Morant [1980 film] (1980)

by Bruce Beresford (Director), Kenneth Ross (Screenwriter), David Stevens (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Bryan Brown (Actor), Terrance Donovan (Actor), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Actor), Chris Haywood (Actor), John Waters (Actor) — 1 more, Edward Woodward (Actor)

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Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. Based on a play and true story.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Beresford, Bruce	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Ross, Kenneth	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Stevens, David	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Brown, Bryan	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Donovan, Terrance	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fitz-Gerald, Lewis	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Haywood, Chris	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Waters, John	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Woodward, Edward	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Breaker Morant [1980 film]

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1980

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Harry "Breaker" Morant

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Second Boer War (1899-10-11 | 1902-05-31)

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Breaker Morant (1980 | IMDb)

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Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. Based on a play and true story.

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