---
title: 'Gallipoli (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Weir'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gallipoli-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082432/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Gallipoli (1981)

1981 · PG · 111 min · War, History · Australia


## Synopsis

Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian war drama film directed by Peter Weir and produced by Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood, starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. The film revolves around several young men from Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Army during World War I. They are sent to the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire, where they take part in the Gallipoli campaign. During the course of the film, the young men slowly lose their innocence about the purpose of war. The climax of the film occurs on the Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli, depicting the futile attack at the Battle of the Nek on 7 August 1915.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [David Williamson](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-williamson), [Peter Weir](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weir), [Ernest Raymond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-raymond)
- **Director:** [Peter Weir](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weir)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Brian May](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-may)
- **Producer:** [Robert Stigwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stigwood), [Patricia Lovell](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-lovell)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-boyd)
- **Editor:** [William M. Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-m-anderson)

## Cast

- [Leslie Dayman](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-dayman)
- [Ron Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-graham) as Wallace Hamilton
- [Reg Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/reg-evans)
- [Harold Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-hopkins) as Les McCann
- [Gerda Nicolson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerda-nicolson) as Rose Hamilton
- [David Argue](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-argue) as Snowy
- [David Williamson](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-williamson) as an Australian soldier
- [Bill Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-hunter) as Major Barton
- [Steve Dodd](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-dodd) as Billy Snakeskin
- [Mel Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-gibson) as Frank Dunne
- [Harold Baigent](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-baigent)
- [Paul Sonkkila](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sonkkila)
- [Mark Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-lee) as Archy Hamilton
- [Robert Grubb](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-grubb) as Billy
- [Jenny Lovell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-lovell)

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