Breaker Morant
Summary: Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Release Date: July 03, 1980
Director:
Bruce Beresford
Runtime: 1 h 47 min
MPAA: PG
Production: The South Australian Film Corporation, The Australian Film Commission, 7 Network, Pact Productions
Distributor: New World Pictures, New World-Quartet Films, Quartet Films Inc., Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, Home Box Office (HBO), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Embassy Home Entertainment, Avid Home Entertainment, Viacom, Fox Lorber Home Video, Orion Home Video, The Criterion Collection, Southern Star International, Southern Star Sales, Image Entertainment, Fox Lorber, Live Home Video, Umbrella Entertainment
Movie budget: $ 800,000
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