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Breaker Morant (film)
1980 film by Bruce Beresford
Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian wardrama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G.
Ross's 1978 play of the same name.[4][5][6]
The film concerns the 1902 court martial of lieutenants Harry Morant, Peter Handcock and George Witton—one of the first war crime prosecutions in British military history.
Australians serving in the British Army during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Morant, Handcock, and Witton stood accused of murdering captured enemy combatants and an unarmed civilian in the Northern Transvaal.
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The film is notable for its exploration of the Nuremberg Defence, the politics of the death penalty and the human cost of total war. As the trial unfolds, the events in question are shown in flashbacks.
In 1980, the film won ten Australian Film Institute Awards including: Best Film, Best Direction, Leading Actor, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, Art Direct