Breaker Morant (1980)

Movie Details

Original Title Breaker Morant

Original Language EN

Budget $1,000,000

Revenue $8,200,000

Status Released

Popularity 0.9

Cast

Edward Woodward

Harry 'Breaker' Morant

Popularity: 6.0

Jack Thompson

Major J.F. Thomas

Popularity: 4.7

John Waters

Cpt. Alfred Taylor

Popularity: 1.0

Bryan Brown

Lt. Peter Handcock

Popularity: 1.4

Charles Tingwell

Lt. Col. Denny

Popularity: 0.7

Terence Donovan

Cpt. Simon Hunt

Popularity: 0.6

Vincent Ball

Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton

Popularity: 2.2

Ray Meagher

Sar. Maj. Drummond

Popularity: 0.4

Chris Haywood

Cpl. Sharp

Popularity: 0.9

Russell Kiefel

Christiaan Botha

Popularity: 0.1

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Lt. George Witton

Popularity: 0.9

Rod Mullinar

Major Charles Bolton

Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Screenplay Bruce Beresford, Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens

Director Bruce Beresford

Producer Matt Carroll

Editor Catherine Lamey, William M. Anderson, Jeanine Chiavlo

Music Phil Cuneen

Production

South Australian Film Corporation

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BREAKER MORANT Original Trailer [1980] 4K

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jun 7, 2023

Told by way of a court retrospective, this film depicts the brutalities of the Boer War between the British Colonial authorities and the immigrant Dutch farmers who just wanted to be left to govern themselves. Though largely suppressed by the overwhelming military force, the Boers did have success w ... Read more

dfle3 10/10

Mar 31, 2025

An all time great war movie/court room drama "Breaker Morant" is one of those movies I had placed on a "Really should see this movie one of these days" list. Well, in some ways I'm sorry I waited so long to see this masterpiece and in other ways, the current world situation with "The war on terro ... Read more