An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.
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Storyline
An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to 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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- A father's journey in search of his sons
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for war violence including some disturbing images
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Did you know
- TriviaThe horse that Russell Crowe rides in the scenes shot in Australia is actually his own horse Honey.
- GoofsThe 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 creditsThe 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'The Water Diviner' (2015)
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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
An absolute masterpiece
Russell Crowe has absolutely outdone himself with this film; it had me entranced from the start. Beautifully shot, amazing casting and the time and effort put into the making of this film really shone through. I feel the costumers deserve an Oscar nomination for this one - everything was spot on which for a period drama is almost impossible:) Flawless casting and great character development leads the viewer through the story; this film will bring out emotions and provoke thought. I loved the perspective of the film; it is an exceptional sensitive retelling of an historical story from both perspectives and I think this is one of the absolute highlights of this film.
See it - you won't be disappointed!Take the tissues though...
See it - you won't be disappointed!Take the tissues though...
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- Dec 26, 2014
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- Camino a Estambul
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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
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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