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From a place you never heard of...a story you'll never forget. - Gallipoli
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Title: Gallipoli

Release Date: 13 Aug 1981

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: War, History, Drama

Director: R & R Films, Australian Film Commission

Production Companies: R & R Films, Australian Film Commission

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.

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Average Vote: 7.1 (484 votes)

Cast

  • Frank Dunne: Mel Gibson
  • Archy Hamilton: Mark Lee
  • Jack: Bill Kerr
  • Les McCann: Harold Hopkins
  • Zac: Charles Lathalu Yunipingu
  • Stockman: Heath Harris
  • Wallace Hamilton: Ron Graham
  • Rose Hamilton: Gerda Nicolson
  • Billy: Robert Grubb
  • Barney: Tim McKenzie
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