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Released
1980 · FILM

Breaker Morant

Australian Lieutenant Harry “Breaker” Morant fights to prove his innocence as he and two fellow officers are tried for wartime murders, while a ruthless military hierarchy manipulates the courtroom to make them sacrificial scapegoats.

“A powerful true story of bitter revenge...”

Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Written by
Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens
Runtime
107 min
DramaHistoryWar

Synopsis

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants face trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Although they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who seek to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not proceed as smoothly as anticipated by the General Staff, as the defense mounts a strong challenge in the courtroom.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by William M AndersonShot by Donald McalpineDesigned by David Copping

Box Office

1980 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.2× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$8.2M

Budget$1.0M
Worldwide gross$8.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Der Fall des Lieutnant Morantde
  • Consejo de guerraes
  • Héros ou salopardsfr
  • Esecuzione di un eroeit

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