Gallipoli poster
Director Peter Weir
Screenplay David Williamson

Gallipoli

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

Release Date: 1981-08-13

Duration: 112 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Mel Gibson
    Frank Dunne
  • Bill Hunter
    Major Barton
  • Robert Grubb
    Billy
  • Tim McKenzie
    Barney
  • Geoff Parry
    Sgt. Sayers
  • Peter Ford
    Lt. Gray
  • Gerda Nicolson
    Rose Hamilton
  • Harold Hopkins
    Les McCann
  • Reg Evans
    Athletics Official 1
  • Paul Sonkkila
    Sniper