Anzacs (Complete Series) - 5-DVD Set ( Anzacs: The War Down Under )

Anzacs (Complete Series) - 5-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$24.99

Alternate Title: Anzacs: The War Down Under
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
500 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Pino Amenta
John Dixon

Written By:
John Clarke
John Dixon

Actors:
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
Vincent Ball ..... Sir Rupert Barrington
Howard Bell ..... Cyril Barnshaw
Rhys McConnochie ..... David Lloyde George
Noel Trevarthen ..... General Sir Douglas Haig
Rod Hewitt ..... Bayonet Major
Michael Edgar ..... Machine Gun Capt
Vivean Gray ..... Matron
Peter Browne ..... Carter (uncredited)
Robert Coleby ..... Reverend George Lonsdale (uncredited)
Tony Cornwill ..... Karl Johanson (uncredited)
Kylie Foster ..... Claudine (uncredited)
Diana Greentree ..... Mrs. Collins (uncredited)
Karl Hansen ..... Erick Johanson (uncredited)
Wayne Jarratt ..... Charlie Upton (uncredited)
Sheila Kennelly ..... Mrs. Baker (uncredited)
Bill Kerr ..... General Monash (uncredited)
Elaine Lee ..... Madam (uncredited)
Ilona Rodgers ..... Lady Thea Barrington (uncredited)
Leah Stevenson ..... Marie (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Anzacs (named for members of the all volunteer ANZAC army formations) was a 1985 5-part Australian miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion (Australia) of the First Australian Imperial Force in 1914, fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, and then on the Western Front for the remainder of the war.
Episode 1
The Great Adventure - Australia in 1914… Outbreak of war… Recruitment… Training… Gallipoli: Landing/stalemate/withdrawal.
Episode 2
The Big Push - Arrival in France (1916)… Nursery Sector… The Battle of the Somme… Pozieres.
Episode 3
The Devils Arithmetic - The Somme Winter (1916-17)… The Hindenburg Line… Bullecourt… Blighty Leave… Third Battle of Ypres begins (July 1917)… Menin Road… Broodseinde Ridge
Episode 4
Fields of Fire - Third Battle of Ypres bogs down (November 1917)… The German Offensive (March 1918)… The Battle of Amiens… Hazebrouk… Battle of Nieppe Forest.
Episode 5
Now There was a Day - The Yanks are coming… 'Peaceful Penetration'… Monash appointed Commander of the 5 Australian Divisions… Battle of Hamel… The 'Jack ups' Monash's Big Push (8 August 1918)… Armistice (11 November 1918)… Back Home.

The top rating, award winning TV series and multi-platinum video release is now available on DVD. The epic drama follows a group of World War 1 Australian soldiers from the Gallipoli landing in 1915 to Armistice Day, 1918. Starring Paul Hogan, Jon Blake, Andrew Clarke, Tony Bonner, Bill Kerr, Noel Trevarthen, Jonathan Sweet, Shane Briant, Patric Ward. Anzac was a huge rating success for the Nine Network when it aired on television in 1985. Produced by Geoff Burrowes and directed by John Dixon; Pino Amenta; and The Man From Snowy River's George Miller.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 July, 2023.