Utu

About Utu

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Māori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge).

Geoff Murphy's Utu is a 1983 history war film.

Anzac Wallace stars as Te Wheke, Bruno Lawrence as Williamson, Tim Elliott as Col. Elliot, and Kelly Johnson as Lt. Scott. It runs 118 minutes and was released in January 1983.

The screenplay is by Geoff Murphy and Keith Aberdein.