Gallipoli

  • War
  • History
  • Drama
8/13/1981
112
PG

From a place you never heard of...a story you'll never forget.

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

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Revenue:
$17,400,000
Budget:
$2,600,000

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  • FilipeManuelNeto

    Australia was born in Turkey.

    This is a very interesting film that addresses Australia and New Zealand's joint participation in the First World War. Both countries had recently gained independence from the United Kingdom, there was no real sense of national identity and, despite the proximity of German colonies in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, there were many Australians who did not want to go to the war alongside the British. It was the English's war, not theirs. The same thing was felt in my country, Portugal, the United Kingdom's oldest ally, but which only entered the First World War in 1916, against the wishes of the English. Portuguese politicians saw the war as a means of giving international prestige to a young an...

    April 14, 2024

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