---
title: 'Breaker Morant (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bruce Beresford'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
countries:
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/breaker-morant-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080310/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Breaker Morant (1980)

1980 · 107 min · Australia


## Synopsis

Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian biographical war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who also co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G. Ross's 1978 play of the same name. It stars Edward Woodward as the title character, Lt. Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant, along with Jack Thompson, John Waters, and Bryan Brown.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bruce Beresford](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-beresford)
- **Screenplay:** [Bruce Beresford](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-beresford), [Jonathan Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hardy), [David Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-stevens)
- **Producer:** [Matt Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-carroll)
- **Director of Photography:** [Donald McAlpine](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-mcalpine)
- **Editor:** [William M. Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-m-anderson)

## Cast

- [Lewis Fitz-Gerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-fitz-gerald) as George Witton
- [Edward Woodward](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-woodward) as Breaker Morant
- [Ray Meagher](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-meagher) as Sgt. Maj. Drummond
- [Jack Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-thompson) as James Francis Thomas
- [Russell Kiefel](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-kiefel) as Christiaan Botha
- [Bud Tingwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/bud-tingwell) as Lt. Col. Denny
- [John Waters](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-waters-2) as Alfred Taylor
- [Bryan Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-brown) as Peter Handcock
- [Rod Mullinar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-mullinar) as Maj. Charles Bolton
- [Alan Cassell](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-cassell) as Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
- [Chris Haywood](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-haywood) as Cpl. Sharp
- [Vincent Ball](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-ball) as Hubert Hamilton

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