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Chunuk Bair is a 1992 New Zealand film based on the play Once on Chunuk Bair (1982) by Maurice Shadbolt.
Set in 1915, the film tells of the Wellington Regiment, part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force present at Gallipoli during World War I. On 8 August 1915, the Regiment took and held Chunuk Bair, one of the Turkish hills.
Chunuk Bair was produced by Daybreak Pictures in association with Avalon and the National Film Unit. It was released to roughly coincide with Anzac Day, the national day of Remembrance in New Zealand and Australia.
The central characters are Frank South (Robert Powell) and Colonel William Connolly (Kevin Wilson) who have differing opinions about the battle.




Cast


Robert Powell as Sgt Maj Frank Smith
Kevin J. Wilson as Connolly
John Leigh as Porky
Murray Keane as Smiler
Danny Mulheron as Bassett
Richard Hanna as Lt Harkness
Lewis Rowe as Johnston
Norman Forsey as Hamilton
Darryl Beattie as Scruffy
John Wraight as Mac
Peter Kaa as Otaki George
Stephen Ure as Holy
Jed Brophy as Private Fred South
David Calvert, Danny (the finger) Gilhooly, Steve (IB) Boyd, Craig Holden - extras.




Crew


Producer: Grant Bradley
Exec Producers: Grant Bradley, David Arnell
Director: Dale G Bradley
Writer: Grant Hinden-Miller, adapted from the play by Maurice Shadbolt
Cinematographer: Waka Attewell




References






External links


Chunuk Bair at IMDb
Chunuk Bair at AllMovie
NZ on Screen page

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• Karl Urban
• Chunuk Bair (film)
• Battle of Chunuk Bair
• 1992 in film
• List of war films and TV specials set between 1914 and 1945
• Daybreak Pacific
• Gallipoli (1981 film)
• William George Malone
• Kevin J. Wilson
• Robert Powell
• Maurice Shadbolt