Kokoda: 39th Battalion (2006) ( Kokoda ) ( Thirty Ninth Battalion - Kokoda )

Kokoda: 39th Battalion (2006) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Kokoda
Alternate Title: Thirty Ninth Battalion - Kokoda
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( DTS 5.1 )
German ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Alister Grierson

Written By:
Alister Grierson
John Lonie

Actors:
Jack Finsterer ..... Jack Scholt
Travis McMahon ..... Darko
Simon Stone ..... Max Scholt
Luke Ford ..... Burke
Tom Budge ..... Johnno
Steve Le Marquand ..... Sam
Ewen Leslie ..... Wilstead
Christopher Baker ..... Blue
Angus Sampson ..... Dan
Ben Barrack ..... The Lieutenant
Shane Bourne ..... The Doctor
William McInnes ..... The Colonel
Kit McDee ..... Officer - AIF
Josh Meggs ..... Injured Soldier
Christopher Baker

Synopsis:

New Guinea, 1942. The battle for the track has begun. A decimated platoon of Australian soldiers from the 39th battalion have been set as a forward patrol far outside the perimeter of Isurava, a village on the Kokoda track. After sustained bombing and lethal attacks from the Japanese, the men are cut off from their supply lines and all communications. Isolated in the jungle behind enemy lines, they must make their way back through the most perilous terrain on earth to get to the main body of Australian troops. Allegiances form, strengths and weaknesses emerge, and leadership battles threaten to destroy the group... After three days with no food or sleep, carrying their wounded, and suffering the effects of dysentery and malaria, they emerge from the jungle exhausted to the point of collapse. But on learning that Isurava is about to fall they pick themselves up and rejoin the battle...

It's 1942, and the Australian 39th Home Guard of just 500 men face a Japanese force of 6000 on the treacherous Kokoda track in New Guinea. In the village of Isurava, it looks like an attack is imminent. A patrol from the 39th, led by an AIF lieutenant (Ben Barrack) from North Africa, are about to go out for the night. The patrol consists of Jack and Max Scholt (Jack Finsterer and Simon Stone), Darko (Travis McMahon), Burke (Luke Ford), Johnno (Tom Budge), Sam (Steve Le Marquand), Dan (Angus Sampson), Blue (Christopher Baker) and Wilstead (Ewen Leslie). Johnno is suffering from dysentery.

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.

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