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Anzacs (1985)

Anzacs poster
Directed by
George T. Miller
Genre
drama television series
Country
Australia
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This miniseries follows a group of young Australian men who sign up to fight in World War One. It shows their experiences at Gallipoli and then on the Western Front.

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What happens

Anzacs (named for members of the all volunteer army formations) is a 1985 Australian five-part television 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. It follows in the wake of Australian New Wave war films such as Breaker Morant (1980), Gallipoli (1981), and precedes The Lighthorsemen (1987). Recurring themes of these films include the Australian identity, such as mateship and larrikinism, the loss of innocence in war, and also the continued coming of age of the Australian nation and its soldiers (the Anzac spirit). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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