The Lighthorsemen (1987)
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| Director: | Simon Wincer |
| Actors: | Anthony Andrews, Tony Bonner, Sigrid Thornton, Gary Sweet, John Walton, Peter Phelps, Bill Kerr, Jon Blake, Tim McKenzie |
A true epic of triumph, courage and adventure The Lighthorsemen focuses on a four-man section of the Australian Light Horse Regiment and climaxes with the last great cavalry charge in history.
1917: The British campaign in Palestine is stalemated - the Turco-German army holds a formidable line from Gaza on the coast to Beersheeba in the forbidding drylands between Sinai and the Dead Sea.
In a final attempt to save the attacking British Army from disaster, everything depends on the 800 young Australian horsemen who obey the seemingly impossible order to gallop their horses across three miles of open desert into a hell of shell fire and machine gun crossfire.
Smashing their way through Turkish defences to win the precious wells of Beersheba, they cahnge the history of the Middle East.
| Status: | QuickPick |
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| Run time: | 131mins |
| Origin: | AUSTRALIA |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.77 16:9 Enhanced |
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Member Reviews (13)
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shellie
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great story. i really enjoyed this.
Batmo
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To all you knockers below, ths is australian history, if you watch it only for that. But it is also australian men who rode the original charge on Beersheba, loosing a lot of lives, just like the Anzacs which is Australian history buy Ozz men fighting for your freedom. I presume you lot that are knocking that also, have no idea of the history of it and therefor do not attend Anzac Day services. JT mentions the Odd Angry Shot, now there is one that should not have been allowed to air anywhere.
From a loyal Ozzie.
Pete
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A bit of a half-baked sort of movie - not as good as I expected.
Daz
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excellent Aussie movie say no more, shame Jon Blake had a car accident on the way home making this movie and i think he still not has recovered.
Ian Kluge
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Excellent movie. Enjoyed the Australian spirit brought out by the main characters. Brilliant cinema and choregraphy.
Kezzawall
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A wonderful movie that every young Australian should watch, if only to remind us of the sacrifices made by many of our young men. The actors may have been young and inexperienced but so were the soldiers. An Australian masterpiece.
Daphne J.
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Not as good as the original made on the Cronulla Sand Hills with Chips Rafferty made in the late 1940's early 1950's
Don H.
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jt
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If you like Anzacs, odd angry shot and australian war movies this is for you.
June Fitzgerald
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Very enjoyable movie. Great to watch.
Margaret Box
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Excellent
Irene
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I was particularly interested in this film as I have a Waler horse stud and these were the horses that participated in the wars. A very good film and well done. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks