Title of film : Breaker Morant
Director Name : Bruce Beresford
Cast & crew :
Producer : Matthew Carroll
Editor : William Anderson
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Synopsis : Based on real-life events, the film takes place during the guerrilla phase of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Three officers from an Australian volunteer unit operating at the fringes of British-controlled territory are accused of executing Boer prisoners and murdering a German missionary. The film charts the course of the officers' trial, which is loaded against the Australians from the start. Despite a spirited defense, the determination of the British authorities to secure a conviction leads to a senior British officer committing perjury thus ensuring the conviction of the accused. Two of the officers are executed by firing squad, while a third is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Director Bio : Bruce Beresford, (born August 16, 1940, Sydney, Australia), an Australian filmaker and stage director, screenwriter, and producer who specializes in small-budget character-driven dramas. Beresford began making short films as a student at the University of Sydney, from which he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1964. He then went to London, where he helped produce documentaries for the British Film Institute. In 1976 Beresford made the comedy Don’s Party, and it earned him an Australian Film Institute award for best director. His biggest success was Driving Miss Daisy (1989), winner of an Academy Award for best picture.
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