Gallipoli (1981)

13/08/1981 (AU)•War, History, Drama•1h 52m

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From a place you never heard of...a story you'll never forget.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

8.0

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Apr 14, 2024

**Australia was “born” in Turkey.** This is a very interesting film that addresses Australia and New Zealand's joint participation in the First World War. Both countries had recently gained independence from the United Kingdom, there was no real sense of national identity and, despite the proximity of German colonies in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, there were many Australians who did not want to go to the war alongside the British. It was the English's war, not theirs. The same thing was felt in my country, Portugal, the United Kingdom's oldest ally, but which only entered the ...