Plot
An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 7.4/10 (22,672 voted)
Critic's Score: 60/100
Director: Russell Crowe
Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney
Storyline
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, 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.
Writers: Andrew Knight, Andrew Anastasios
Cast: Jai Courtney -
Lt-Col Cyril Hughes
Isabel Lucas -
Natalia
Olga Kurylenko -
Ayshe
Russell Crowe -
Connor
Megan Gale -
Fatma
Damon Herriman -
Father McIntyre
Ryan Corr -
Art
Jacqueline McKenzie -
Eliza
Cem Yilmaz -
Cemal
Yilmaz Erdogan -
Major Hasan
Deniz Akdeniz -
Imam
Dylan Georgiades -
Orhan
Dan Wyllie -
Captain Charles Brindley
Michael Dorman -
Greeves
Robert Mammone -
Colonel Demergelis
Taglines:
A father's journey in search of his sons
Filming Locations: Burra, South Australia, Australia
Technical Specs
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Did You Know?
Trivia: Yilmaz Erdogan stated in a TV interview that it was 49 degrees Celsius when they were shooting the scenes in Australia. See more »
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. See more »
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User Review
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Rating: 9/10
Not going to give it 10 out of 10 stars, because you should always save
your 10. However, this movie is close to perfect. Very loosely based on
what might have been a true story (a war record that mentioned that
'only one father came looking for his sons' at Gallipoli after the
war). Really well acted. The war scenes conveyed some of the horror
without being gratuitous in the violence or gore. There was some shown,
but only briefly, and really just enough to set the scenes. The movie
is well- paced, well edited and doesn't drag. The lead actors
(including the young Turkish boy) were all perfectly cast. At the start
of the 100th anniversary year of the Gallipoli landings, this is a
story that was well worth telling. Great job, Russell Crowe.
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