Breaker Morant
Year | 1980 |
Starring | Bryan Brown, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson |
Director(s) | Bruce Beresford |
Rating | PG |
Genre(s) | Drama, History, War |
Runtime | 107 min |
During the Boer War between Great Britain and the Dutch colonists in South Africa, three Australian lieutenants, led by “Breaker” Morant, are ordered to execute a group of prisoners. As their duty demanded, they performed the execution, only to later learn one of the prisoners was actually a German citizen. In order to keep peace with Germany, the powers that be court martial Morant and his fellow soldiers. What proceeds is a short and futile trial founded on trumped-up charges.