Breaker Morant

About Breaker Morant

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war.

Breaker Morant (1980) is a history war film directed by Bruce Beresford. Edward Woodward appears as Harry 'Breaker' Morant, Jack Thompson as Major J.F. Thomas, John Waters as Cpt. Alfred Taylor, and Bryan Brown as Lt. Peter Handcock.

It runs 107 minutes and was released in June 1980. Written by Bruce Beresford and David Stevens. It was produced by South Australian Film Corporation. It is adapted from real events.

Shelv files it under 1900s, trial, mythology, and south africa. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Criterion Channel. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 164 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.

The A-Team, A Few Good Men, and To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb make useful companions to Breaker Morant, all filed under military court, military service, and war crimes.