Backbencher

"Breaker Morant" is an Australian film based in 1901 and was made in 1980. It is a war movie, the first movie based on war that I have seen during this class. It is about three soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant, Peter Handcock, and George Witton. The three soldiers are fighting in the South African Boer wars. After a while the three are accused of murdering a six Boer prisoners and sniping a few German missionaries. They begin to go through with the classic court Marshall Sequence. It is up to their defense Major Thomas to save the three men, the only problem is he has one day to ready the defense. Lord Kitchner, who is the governing body over these proceedings, wants to prove that he is willing to take away his own men so that they may resolve this conflict with peace. He claims that the murdering of the prisoner was an n act of revenge. Despite the courts support for a guilty verdict, they have a tough time proving their guilt and the three get off. Today people say things of this nature happened all the time for Australians in English wars. Therefore, there are always anti-British thoughts when it comes to the major world wars of the past. I enjoyed the movie because it was about war. When we think of Australia we do not think of fighting, but this movie does a great job showing the Australian involvement when it is necessary. The film is very well made and it went on to win 10 Australian film awards.