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Writers:
John Clarke (written by)
John Dixon (writer)
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Release Date:
27 October 1985 (Australia) more
Genre:
Drama | History | War more
Plot:
Following the lives of a dozen Australian soldiers who served in the Australia and New Zealand Army... more
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Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
A nice change more (23 total)

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)
Andrew Clarke ... Cpl. Martin Barrington

Paul Hogan ... Pvt. Pat Cleary
Megan Williams ... Nurse Kate Baker
Mark Hembrow ... Pvt. Dick Baker
Jon Blake ... Pvt. Flanagan
Christopher Cummins ... Pvt. Roly Collins

Tony Bonner ... Lt. Harold Armstrong

Shane Briant ... Sgt. Wilhelm 'Kaiser' Schmidt
Alec Wilson ... Sgt. Alec 'Pudden' Parsons
Patrick Ward ... Sgt. Tom McArthur
Jonathan Sweet ... C.S.M. Bill Harris
Peter Finlay ... L.C.P.T. Bluey
Jim Holt ... Pvt. 'Dingo Gordon
David Bradshaw ... Keith Murdoch
Edmund Pegge ... Captain Young
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Anzacs: The War Down Under
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Runtime:
100 min (5 episodes) | USA:165 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Company:
Burrowes-Dixon Company more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Pvt. Roly Collins: What's going on, Pat?
Pvt. Pat Cleary: [sarcastically] It's the great war - it's in all the papers.
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
A nice change, 13 October 2004
Author: SAChoover from Canberra, Australia

I thought it was quite a good series. I can't imagine how this could be reduced to a 2hr? tele-movie without losing just about everything good about it. I'm Australian, and this was produced for Aussies, no apologies for that. It's about time, rather than the usual good and bad Hollywood and to a lesser extent Brit efforts. If you don't know a Zac from a Brass Razoo, well we've had to put up with your slang and slight cultural differences for long enough. But I digress, this showed a part of history which has been long ignored, both here and overseas. In Australia we know full well the tale of Gallipoli, however the further efforts on the Western Front have largely been ignored. It's also good to see mention of the Home Front politics regarding conscription which severely divided the nation at the time and the Diggers response, which left it the only Allied fully volunteer Army in WW1. All in all I throughly enjoyed it, a good mix of believable characters, action, behind the lines antics and the Home Front drama, well worth seeing if you can get the original 5 part series.

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Some of the previous commentators have said they wouldn't mind getting a copy of this. The only place I know that sells it is the Australian War Memorial. As you don't want URL's I won't include one however I'll leave it to you to phrase this part if you want to include it. Stuart Coates

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