The Water Diviner

20142014
RR
1h 51min

Russell Crowe in The Water Diviner (2014)

After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1919, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.

Drama History War

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.

Director
- Russell Crowe
Writers
- Andrew Knight
- Andrew Anastasios
Stars

See production, box office & company info

See production, box office & company info

Awards
- 14 wins & 13 nominations

Videos7

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International Trailer

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Russell Crowe: Fan Q&A

Featurette 2:34

Russell Crowe: Fan Q&A

Exclusive Featurette

Featurette 3:56

Exclusive Featurette

First Look

Featurette 6:48

Cem Yilmaz in The Water Diviner (2014)

Ryan Corr, James Peter Fraser, and Ben O'Toole in The Water Diviner (2014)

Jai Courtney in The Water Diviner (2014)

Jai Courtney in The Water Diviner (2014)

Ryan Corr in The Water Diviner (2014)

Russell Crowe and Yilmaz Erdogan in The Water Diviner (2014)

Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, and Dylan Jett in The Water Diviner (2014)

Ben Norris, Aidan Liam Smith, and Jack Patterson in The Water Diviner (2014)

Russell Crowe and Ryan Corr in The Water Diviner (2014)

Yilmaz Erdogan in The Water Diviner (2014)

Russell Crowe and Ryan Corr in The Water Diviner (2014)

Russell Crowe in The Water Diviner (2014)

Fathers & Daughters

7.1

Fathers & Daughters

Pek Yakinda

7.4

Vizontele

8.0

Magic Carpet Ride

7.4

Magic Carpet Ride

Yahsi Bati

7.4

Iftarlik Gazoz

7.4

Arif V 216

7.1

Karakomik Filmler: Emanet

5.6

Karakomik Filmler: Emanet

Robin Hood

6.6

Hokkabaz

7.4

Karakomik Filmler: Deli

6.5

Karakomik Filmler: Deli

A.R.O.G

7.4

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons reported missing in action, where he forges a relationship with the beautiful Turkish woman who owns the hotel in which he stays. Holding onto hope, he must travel across the war-torn landscape with the help of a Turkish Officer, himself a veteran of the battles. —Rose

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Taglines
- A father's journey in search of his sons
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for war violence including some disturbing images
Parents guide

Trivia
The horse that Russell Crowe rides in the scenes shot in Australia is actually his own horse Honey.

Goofs
The Turks storm the (empty) ANZAC trenches on the 20th December 1915. The movie portrays this as a sunny day with hot weather. In reality snow and frost appeared as far back as November with as many as 16,000 cases of frostbite and exposure reported for November alone.

Quotes
Lt-Col Cyril Hughes: Yeah, We both know it, but why change everything for one father who can't stay put?
Major Hasan: Because he is the only father who came looking.

Crazy credits
The final credit is a congratulatory well done to the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club winning the NRL Premiership in 2014. Russell Crowe supports, and owns 37.5% of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, which is most likely the reason why the credit was included.

Connections
Featured in The Making of the Water Diviner (2015)

Soundtracks
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Performed by Olga Kurylenko, Piano
Arranged by Richard Tognetti and Joseph Nizeti
Written by James Brockman, James Kendis, Nat Vincent (as Nathaniel Vincent) & John W. Kellette (as John Kellette)
Publishers: (c) 1919 Remick Music Corporation, Licensed by EMI Publishing Australia Pty Ltd / Redwood Music Ltd, Licensed courtesy of J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd

Top review

9/10

Quality, Respectful and Entertaining.

The quality of the acting and the production is first class. It is s well directed movie, hats off to Russell Crowe for his directorial debut. I really enjoyed the fact that the movie showed respect to the cultures depicted and kept things on a level playing field. During the screening it was very clear to me the audience was won over and totally engrossed in the movie, just as I was. Watched allot of movies in 2014, but this one is of a higher standard all round. This movie has the potential to be nominated for awards and any it wins would be well deserving. Special mention to Dylan Georgiades who was a delight to watch in the film. I rated this movie a 9/10, and I hope it is successful as it deserves to be, Russell Crowe has done it again.

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Budget
- $22,500,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $4,196,641
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,220,335
- Apr 26, 2015
Gross worldwide
- $38,176,317

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 1h 51min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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