Among the greatest films dealing with timeless issues of morality and expedience in war, along side such other masterpieces as "Grand Illusion" (1937) and "Paths of Glory" (1957).
Script (based on the play), casting and production are first rate. Woodward, in particular, is a marvel, more than ably assisted by a superb ensemble cast. Anyone not profoundly moved, especially by Morant's readings and the End Title sequence, has no soul. 10/10
@retiredsmiling --- Have you maybe missed the point? Empire is a stupid, murderous hypocrisy. Killing's o.k. when the politics fit, but don't upset the Germans! These guys were scapegoats. 13 years later General Smuts, the Boer leader, was a General commanding British troops in World War One! Freedom's never been the reason for an Imperialist war, only power and politics.
Great movie. Should be mandatory to all officers. Goes to integrity and high moral standards officers must live and enforce. And for the record, real Americans recognize the sacrifices of our allies, especially our Aussie and British brothers. Have served with both and God bless you for your service. A simple old American paratrooper.
Can clearly understand the lyrics here on youtube. Saw this in a hotel room TV on a biz trip last year. Bad sound.
Film was made by Aussies during their movie making heydays for several years. Ireland had a similar boom for several years. Think the Aussies were more sensible and didn't go into studio building like the Irish did and lost big time.
Mrfattyfatfatboy, spoken like a true armchair republican. Those of us who have served might have pledged alegeance to HM Queen Elizabeth II, not some queen as you so crassly put it, but our loyalty was always first and foremost to Australia and prats like yourself.
Hey guys we still have the crown on our uniform,and dont swear allegiance to Australia but some english queen,remember the breaker though he was a pom and lets get rid of all mention of england ,so our kids dont get the wrong idea and think we owe that bankrupt island somthing ,we are rich and our futre is with asia.
@MrFattyfatfatboy all true but... for my own belief I would think he would be a dissatisfied Englishmen, why else do poms and the world come to Australia, cause its better then their origin countries. Who knows, maybe he considered himself Australian
@MrFattyfatfatboy There ain't no English queen any more old boy. However I do think there is stil a Queen of Australia. Watch out for those sleekit Asians though - they'll turn you over in a second if you give them the chance.
My lord, look at the timing, it's as antiwar as you can get. These men fought for the British empire and they're being put in caskets as scapegoats. They were the reasons england was master, and they get put into coffins, as an excuse for peace. Glad to know it's just not america that has an antiwar movement. i normally despise them, but in this case they are right.
Old army mate of mine standing next to Lews Fitzgerald at 1:15. Soldiers from 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regiment played a lot of the extras for the movie.
@HarryBattleaxe If I didn't see the irony, I would not have mentioned it in my comments. And unlike you, I can spell 'American' and 'perhaps'. Come back to YouTube when you are mature enough, and have better grammer, to have something intelligent to say.
78 years old, and assert this is the greatest movie ever filmed. it has all the elements of greek tragedy, coupled with hamlet. the other contemporary movie to compare is "the third man". compare these to the utter garbage churned out these days by hollywood, and the decline of the united states into a moral cesspool is displayed. our family lost a cousin at iwo jima, and i served in korea for 15 months in '53/'54, so i am not ignorant of the role the military plays in preserving freedom.
I used this film was in a course that covered war crimes and the evolution of international law leading up to the establishment of the War Crimes Tribunals after WWII. Although I was an Army ROTC instructor at the time, the course was a regular course sponsored by the History Department. Later, I used it again in a course on the Law of Land Warfare for military cadets. And, yes, that time we used the Geneva Convention(s) as the base for discussion along with the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
I used this movie in my class on the Law of Land Warfare. It showed the problem with doing what was "expected" and what was "right and legal". it's a mistake to read more into the movie than is there.
You fucking cunt! We gladly sacrificed an empire to stop the evils of Nazism. England,sorry the whole of the United Kingdom had men and boys ready to sacrifice themselves to do the right thing when needed,not two fucking years later ! You Americans really need to get out into the world and start saying thank you a hell of a lot more instead of thinking how good you are.Your relatives from the past would be ashamed of your attitude I'm sure!
if your a soldier your always caught between a rock and a hard place . its the nature of the job ,your a hero when it suits them and forgotten the rest of the time .
Great movie, most of the facts are correct, not like a Hollywood production. Morant was correct, they were scapegoats for the empire. They were not the first and won't be the last,however.
Oh, so they were the 'plundering Bris' were they? As an American, it seems to me that these 'plundering Brits' were the only ones who stood alone against Hitler, right up to August 1941...some plundering...Go and get yourself an education pal!
@ImperialistRunningDo August 1941 was when CHurchill and Roosevelt met and drew up the atlantic charter, also when we included the soviet union in lendlease...the point when we crossed over from simply supporting a long time ally to really becoming involved, even though we didnt actually declare war for 4 more months...
Boer (Afrikaaner) Genocide (1899-1902; 28,000 Afrikaaner women and children died in British concentration camps; Australians participated in the Boer War as immortalized in the movie “Breaker Morant”).
great movie..was reading how queen victoria always "fretted" about her soldiers..wanted to know all she could about them..came across this in "the destruction of lord raglan"..
Excellent performance by Edward Woodward. I didn't know he could sing as well as act. This guy was definitely multi-talented. I like when you made a personal tribute in your comment during the end credits.
I first saw this movie not long after it came out and the song always stuck with me. I had no idea that Edward Woodward sang this song; what a multi-talented chap this guy was!!! RIP Edward you're singing for the angels now.
@MadMark2006 we r not english we r fucken british pal from the four corners of our nation scots irish english welsh we fought with and along side each other for centuries and this world would be at a loss without our fortitude and remember how the sas can adapt to suit us brits have seen countless bad times bafana
thanks for putting this up! Anyone know where i can download this end bit? I only have the one where Woodward sings and i would love to have this instrumental version.
They were shot because there was too much of it going on and there was a clear case against them . The Boers generally fought a clean and honourable fight - the British however fought with utter ruthlessness and determination this being the only way they could win. The Australian view that shooting prisoners was at best justified or at worst just excusable high spirits is clearly bollocks . Breaker Morant by the way was not Australian he was as English as something very English
"The Boers generally fought a clean and honourable fight...." Anglophobic rubbish. The very reason the real Harry Morant went off the deep end was the fact that Captain Hunt, who was left alive but wounded, with the Boers after the Duiwelskloof raid, turned up dead and mutilated. The facts are that the guerrilla phase of the Boer War was brutal, with atrocities committed on both sides. The Boers often wore captured British khaki as a ruse - a violation of accepted war conduct then and now.
The Boers were fighting for the homes and families, protecting their farms, from an invading army that came to steal everything they had. They didn't bring a Navy to England did they fuckhead?
@EponymousWolf LOL they were fighting for the right to keep slaves! That is why the great Trek occurred - they found themselves under British law wich did not permit slave ownership.
The Transvaal and the Orange Free Stae were independent sovereign countries, and if they chose to keep slaves it was no business of the British. THE REALITY is that the British wanted a moral excuse to justify the THEFT OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST GOLD SIEME.
As for the Trek, nearly ALL of their former 'slaves'voluntarily travelled out of the Cape with their former masters. Britain as a country should be on trial for al of its war crimes.
@EponymousWolf Sorry but "might is right" and we beat them like a Ginger stepchild and gave a generous settlement, you don't imagine someone like Hitler would have been so magnamous? Better to have been beaten by us rather than any other Foriegn Bastard - so you beacme civilised. where now you'd be eating dung for dinner and fucking your kids!
WHEREAS Britain was a wonderfully civilised place where the oppressed and impoverished working classes of the city slums weren't eating dung for dinner and fucking their kids? LAUGHTER. Read UP ON YOUR HISTORY SONNY
Haven't seen the movie in a while - but were the Boers they executed wearing any sort of uniform or identifiable badge of allegiance? If not, the British had every right under the laws of war to execute them without trial. That's why the French Resistance in WW2 wore armbands.
interesting opinions on here about the real men involved'' i would suggest reading the books on breaker morant and the boer war before leaving unreasearched waffle. they were real men fighting a dirty war' which was only won by the crown forces after they adopted the fighting style of the commando's, this included shooting of innocents and burning and destruction of property. both sides fought a harsh war and most fighters were brave men 'boer or colonial forces. a excellent movie.
Brilliant Film, Brilliant actor with a great voice. But please don't forget Breaker Morant the person and all those wrongfully executed for just doing their job as best as they could.
Anyone ever read Witton's book, Scapegoats of the Empire? It's rather rare but I read it. Apparently since over 100 years has passed people can retrieve documents about what actually happened. I wrote a history paper in 1996 on this topic, but that was prior to 100 years..
Unfortunately they weren't heroes - they killed innocent civilians and also one of their own soldiers, because he was going to tell what they had done. But we need to construct our mythical heroes.
Even war has ethical and legal rules. The only possible mitigating reason for their murder of civilians and one of their own men was post traumatic stress. Though that is unlikely in this case. No sane person who has been to war glorifies it or thinks they are a hero. My father was a fighter pilot in WW2 for 4 years, my father in law was torpedoed twice as a naval officer in WW2, including D Day. They were very brave, but neither would ever march in the streets after, or wear their medals.
@stevemeltzer1 Thank God for his bounty to the "American People". The original inhabitants just having served their purpose in protecting it for you obviously had to be wiped out: Wounded knee.....
@stevemeltzer1 Our Indians that we 'Plundered' are now a rich and thriving nation, driving on British made roads and railways, seaports etc. The American indian....is now extinct I believe?
@overopensights If the american Indian is extinct, who was I dancing with at our last powwow? Ghosts?
C'mon, get real. You can drive around in the back country in 4 corners area (arizona, colorado, new mexico, utah) for DAYS and not see anyone who ISN'T Navajo. come on over and see for yourself.
@ImperialistRunningDo: Greetings! Sorry Imperial I was having a go at one of those people that forever attack the Old British Empire. I was in India last week on business, so much of what was built by the 'Empire' still stands, not leasts the schools, the Government systems, the business and national laws, railways etc. Yes I would like to see the US, I certainly will when time allows.
@overopensights Hey there! If you do come to the states and get to the Pacific northwest, I'll keep a salmon hot for you. Fillets roasted over alder coals or on a cedar plank, either way. Yum. At my local University of Oregon (go Ducks!), we have the Many Nations Longhouse, where students from around the world come to learn about their fellows. You can even take classes in Chinook.
Many tribes are gone, but many remain. I'm surprised how many Europeans don't know that.
@ImperialistRunningDo You know how to tempt the pallet. Book me a place please, I like mine slightly overdone. A question please? I refer to your calling. Imperialistrunningdo or dog? While fighting the Chinese in Malaya, they used refered to us in their propaganda as 'Imperialist running dogs' Is this just a coincidence or were you and I fighting the same war?
@ImperialistRunningDo Greeings: One of our famous 18th century Prime ministers said " Every man thinks ill of himself for not being a soldier or a sailor" At least you served and at a very interesting time in a massive Navy. In Subic Bay in 68, I saw US ships and three very large carriers they filled the bay from end to end, miles and miles. One of the carriers was USS Edwards I believe. Malaya was very easy compared to the Nam war.
@stevemeltzer1 A nation 2nd only to the USA...Ancient Rome lies a distant 3rd. All over the world, people want to migrate to the West...cause we suck...yea right...what an idiot u r.
@stevemeltzer1 The people I really feel sorry for are the original inhabitants of South Africa, the San Bushmen, who were dispossed of their land by marauding Negroid Africans from the North, and the Boers who slaughtered them for sport. It is interesting to know that the Sotho of Lesotho, and the Swazi of Swaziland, and indeed the Tswana of Botswana formally asked Britain to protect them, hence their status as Protectorates. They were never colonies. History is very complex.
@stevemeltzer1 bit rich mate ,concidering your a yank with a kraut name lol . the USA would not exist without us , plunder ? compare us to the spanish,french ,belgian german dutch empires , was hong kong plunder , a barren isle when we took it, look what was given back, we werent perfect by any means , but the empire got a lot back to , why stay within the commomwealth ,, look at yourselves ,america wanted the british empire finished because we had influence you could only dream of
@stevemeltzer1 and america wanted more influence world wide themselves , look at your record in the last hundred years , spanish american war, you occupied the phillipines , invaded cuba took puerto rico, gained alaska, hawaii, american samoa , waging wars in vietnam, korea,invadeing grenada, el salvador, interfferring in nearly all south american countries , propping up right wing juntas , against left wing opposition
@stevemeltzer1 some right shady south american countrys were your mates , civil wars in el salvador ,nicaragua, almost causing ww3 over missiles to cuba, yet had missiles yourself in europe, youve bases all round the world ,,partly thanks to us, the wasteful cold war, your blind support for israel, were your greatest alley you,ll ever have ,pity sometimes its one way , your mighty financial clout , and influence , is far more obscene than our empire ever was . and im pro american to
An old army mate of mine is the guy who pulls George Whitten away from the prison bars just before Morant and Hancock are executed. Also standing next to him on the railway station during the final credits.
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What Morant did was wrong - he knew it was wrong and lied to keep it secret. Even by the standards of that time his conduct was unacceptable.
That's not to defend concentration camps nor does it justify judicial murder. Again, by the standards of that time Morant and his associates were dealt with fairly.
The prisoners my Gt Gt Uncle and his comrades murdered were responsible for torturing mutilating and killing British troops and one of them was a friend of theirs plus they found their remains, think i would have done the same.
There was a lot of evidence, including eyewitnesses. The execution of Morant was justified. What isn't justified was the attempt to justify what he did.
I think we are probably agreeing with each other - my reference to 'no evidence' was in relation to the claim that the Boers murdered by Morant et. al. had been responsible for killing British prisoners.
I've no sympathy for Morant. I'm prepared to accept that judicial execution is itself unjustified but as I said earlier by the standards of the time Morant and the others were tried fairly.
No remorse whatsoever for men who murdered prisoners. They got what they deserved.
Ultimately, ever soldier is responsible for his own individiual actions. That's why they drill into us the difference between a lawful and unlawful command.
Interesting. Applying the standards of today to situations of yesteryear is a perilous game at best. Glad to hear you are without flaw and are in a good position to judge those that came before you.
Perhaps your comment about murdering prisoners could be extended to Lord Kitchener and the prisoners he had executed (Breaker Morant being just one). Just a thought. Deal in absolutes and you can be sure of one thing: you are absolutely wrong.
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The fact that something is done doesn't make it acceptable. I'm not saying that Morrant was some evil beast, he was enraged over the death of his friend and committed murder in revenge. Then he tried to hide behind the "no prisoners" order. All the accounts agree that he ignored the order until his friend was killed, then he used it to get vengeance. As a professional soldier I understand his actions but I can't condone them. If following orders was good enough for Morrant why not Nueremburg?
Tell that to the brave GIs (which I have met) who stormed the Normandy Beaches. This is war. The point is to kill your enemy and, failing that, do your damndest to break his spirits and demoralize him thereby making victory all the more tenable. Innocent and unarmed people ALWAYS die. Morant should have been pardoned, end of story. He was fighting a Counterinsurgency against a determined, hardened, and barbarous guerrilla force. Rules of War don't apply here. Great film, quite profound.
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The rules of war have nothing to do with the fact that shooting unarmed prisoners after accepting their surrender is NOT an act of war it's murder. I don't care how many vets you've met why don't you head on down to your local recruiter sign up then come back and talk about life in the military. until then you're just some youtube wannabe
With all respect to you and your service, when was the last time Canada was in a shooting war for any period of time? Korea? That being so, I don't think you nor I have any right to comment on these men's state of mind at the time. Being in constant contact with an ununiformed enemy in a wholly hostile area, having friends killed and mutilated, screws with your head. Some men react better than others, but one thing is certain, put men in that situation, and some will kill unlawfully.
The reason the Boers were not 'in uniform' as you state was because they were defending their farms and their own country against the British who came to steal their gold, burn their farms, kill their livestock, and murder 28,500 of their women and children in the concentration camps.
No problem mate, Thanks for posting the high quality scene with the song. Your purpose was good & I should have thought about that before making a comment. Thought you on purpose just skipped over the execution part, to alter the end scene, My fault.
Thank you Tom for those witty anti British comments. I guess you're just bitter because you failed to win first prize in the great lottery of life. Being born an Englishman. :)
sad twat if there is one small country that has had an impact on the world its the uk. As the above comment states if you are an Englishman you ought to be grateful to colonial scum like myself that serve the crown so you dont have to.
Great video and sound...Woodward sung it well. Film showed how England used and then executed their own loyal soldiers as scape goats to appease the Bohrs to save face in Africa.
Watch this movie and listen to this song without crying - go ahead - I triple-dog dare you.
TheGoogootz 5 days ago
My old Regimental March....
bromides1 5 days ago
Among the greatest films dealing with timeless issues of morality and expedience in war, along side such other masterpieces as "Grand Illusion" (1937) and "Paths of Glory" (1957).
Script (based on the play), casting and production are first rate. Woodward, in particular, is a marvel, more than ably assisted by a superb ensemble cast. Anyone not profoundly moved, especially by Morant's readings and the End Title sequence, has no soul. 10/10
AJNorth 1 week ago
Can anyone say they can clearly feel the pride these men felt for the Empire.
They were fighting for all the same reasons we fort the first and second World
wars for..Freedom.
An inspiring song from an inspiring film.
retiredsmiling 2 months ago 3
@retiredsmiling --- Have you maybe missed the point? Empire is a stupid, murderous hypocrisy. Killing's o.k. when the politics fit, but don't upset the Germans! These guys were scapegoats. 13 years later General Smuts, the Boer leader, was a General commanding British troops in World War One! Freedom's never been the reason for an Imperialist war, only power and politics.
sturatcliffe 2 weeks ago
Great movie. Should be mandatory to all officers. Goes to integrity and high moral standards officers must live and enforce. And for the record, real Americans recognize the sacrifices of our allies, especially our Aussie and British brothers. Have served with both and God bless you for your service. A simple old American paratrooper.
delauter101 3 months ago 5
Can clearly understand the lyrics here on youtube. Saw this in a hotel room TV on a biz trip last year. Bad sound.
Film was made by Aussies during their movie making heydays for several years. Ireland had a similar boom for several years. Think the Aussies were more sensible and didn't go into studio building like the Irish did and lost big time.
Glinkaism1 4 months ago
BORING!!!!
gwillis01 6 months ago
@gwillis01 Yes you are.
LordWellington15 4 months ago
Mrfattyfatfatboy, spoken like a true armchair republican. Those of us who have served might have pledged alegeance to HM Queen Elizabeth II, not some queen as you so crassly put it, but our loyalty was always first and foremost to Australia and prats like yourself.
Karl0010 6 months ago 7
Hey guys we still have the crown on our uniform,and dont swear allegiance to Australia but some english queen,remember the breaker though he was a pom and lets get rid of all mention of england ,so our kids dont get the wrong idea and think we owe that bankrupt island somthing ,we are rich and our futre is with asia.
MrFattyfatfatboy 6 months ago
@MrFattyfatfatboy all true but... for my own belief I would think he would be a dissatisfied Englishmen, why else do poms and the world come to Australia, cause its better then their origin countries. Who knows, maybe he considered himself Australian
yellowpete79 5 months ago
@MrFattyfatfatboy There ain't no English queen any more old boy. However I do think there is stil a Queen of Australia. Watch out for those sleekit Asians though - they'll turn you over in a second if you give them the chance.
reb0118 1 month ago
My lord, look at the timing, it's as antiwar as you can get. These men fought for the British empire and they're being put in caskets as scapegoats. They were the reasons england was master, and they get put into coffins, as an excuse for peace. Glad to know it's just not america that has an antiwar movement. i normally despise them, but in this case they are right.
34stevearl 6 months ago
Old army mate of mine standing next to Lews Fitzgerald at 1:15. Soldiers from 3rd Bn Royal Australian Regiment played a lot of the extras for the movie.
Karl0010 6 months ago
It's interesting that the screen goes black as the coffin is closed
johnmaylivesv 7 months ago
Interesting irony that we would hear Edward Woodward sing 'Soldiers of the Queen' while we see him being placed in the coffin.
Barnstormer1969 8 months ago
@Barnstormer1969 well, duh. It's ironic that you didn't see the irony .... Amrican perhapo?
HarryBattleaxe 6 months ago
@HarryBattleaxe If I didn't see the irony, I would not have mentioned it in my comments. And unlike you, I can spell 'American' and 'perhaps'. Come back to YouTube when you are mature enough, and have better grammer, to have something intelligent to say.
Barnstormer1969 3 months ago
78 years old, and assert this is the greatest movie ever filmed. it has all the elements of greek tragedy, coupled with hamlet. the other contemporary movie to compare is "the third man". compare these to the utter garbage churned out these days by hollywood, and the decline of the united states into a moral cesspool is displayed. our family lost a cousin at iwo jima, and i served in korea for 15 months in '53/'54, so i am not ignorant of the role the military plays in preserving freedom.
g0atsbreath 8 months ago 3
I used this film was in a course that covered war crimes and the evolution of international law leading up to the establishment of the War Crimes Tribunals after WWII. Although I was an Army ROTC instructor at the time, the course was a regular course sponsored by the History Department. Later, I used it again in a course on the Law of Land Warfare for military cadets. And, yes, that time we used the Geneva Convention(s) as the base for discussion along with the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
MajorJeffJ 8 months ago
I used this movie in my class on the Law of Land Warfare. It showed the problem with doing what was "expected" and what was "right and legal". it's a mistake to read more into the movie than is there.
MajorJeffJ 8 months ago
@MajorJeffJ were you using the Geneva Convention as your template
irishgodfatherchris 8 months ago
You fucking cunt! We gladly sacrificed an empire to stop the evils of Nazism. England,sorry the whole of the United Kingdom had men and boys ready to sacrifice themselves to do the right thing when needed,not two fucking years later ! You Americans really need to get out into the world and start saying thank you a hell of a lot more instead of thinking how good you are.Your relatives from the past would be ashamed of your attitude I'm sure!
apa37 9 months ago 3
Just the thing for the better sort!
Jubilo1 9 months ago
what a wonderful voice!!! And a brilliant actor to boot! Thanks for posting
sned1231 9 months ago
Great movie! Great performances! Great singing by the great Edward Woodward!!!!! Thanks for posting
sned1231 9 months ago
if your a soldier your always caught between a rock and a hard place . its the nature of the job ,your a hero when it suits them and forgotten the rest of the time .
dave2806 10 months ago
@dave2806 And deprived of apostrophes all the while!
TheodoricII 9 months ago
First saw this film at university, 1982, 83, have never forgotten it. Served as a soldier since then. Guess it means something.
alpha18412 10 months ago
Great movie, most of the facts are correct, not like a Hollywood production. Morant was correct, they were scapegoats for the empire. They were not the first and won't be the last,however.
dixwell863 10 months ago
Im selling a DVD of this great movie on ebay. Item number 320681000090
whiteheartmovies 10 months ago
Oh, so they were the 'plundering Bris' were they? As an American, it seems to me that these 'plundering Brits' were the only ones who stood alone against Hitler, right up to August 1941...some plundering...Go and get yourself an education pal!
wishiwas1901 11 months ago 2
@wishiwas1901 OK, I'll bite. What happened in August of '41?
June I can see, or even December. But August?
ImperialistRunningDo 11 months ago
@ImperialistRunningDo August 1941 was when CHurchill and Roosevelt met and drew up the atlantic charter, also when we included the soviet union in lendlease...the point when we crossed over from simply supporting a long time ally to really becoming involved, even though we didnt actually declare war for 4 more months...
TheHachmom 11 months ago
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Can someone enlighten me please. Was the real Breaker morant an Englishman, a first generation Australian?
overopensights 1 year ago
Pathos and irony...like a drug.
exxcalibur1973 1 year ago 2
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ERROLCUSTERFLYNN4EVR 1 year ago
Boer (Afrikaaner) Genocide (1899-1902; 28,000 Afrikaaner women and children died in British concentration camps; Australians participated in the Boer War as immortalized in the movie “Breaker Morant”).
koff41 1 year ago
@MadMark2006 kitchener was born in ireland just like wellington boot
justinmcclane 1 year ago
Soldiers of the Queen. yup
Calsummersishere 1 year ago
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ERROLCUSTERFLYNN4EVR 1 year ago
great movie..was reading how queen victoria always "fretted" about her soldiers..wanted to know all she could about them..came across this in "the destruction of lord raglan"..
pdogone1 1 year ago
Multitalented actor superb performance as Breaker he is sadly missed
catlovingmama4 1 year ago 4
Excellent performance by Edward Woodward. I didn't know he could sing as well as act. This guy was definitely multi-talented. I like when you made a personal tribute in your comment during the end credits.
Barnstormer1969 1 year ago 4
Bloody Bastards British
qwertzkeypad 1 year ago
@qwertzkeypad bloody bastards JEWS
baywalker71 1 year ago
@baywalker71 what have the Jews got to do with this? and no I am not Jewish?
AndrewMarkBalfour 1 year ago
@AndrewMarkBalfour The JEWS have got something to do with everything!LOL,NOW FUCK OFF
baywalker71 1 year ago
@baywalker71 You are a DICK
StephenHarland1 1 year ago
@StephenHarland1 You are a DICKHEAD!
baywalker71 1 year ago
@AndrewMarkBalfour My comment was for qwertzkeypad not you ,mind your own buisness,IDIOT
baywalker71 1 year ago
@AndrewMarkBalfour qwertzkeypad is jewish,and he comes on here saying bloody bastard british,look what the jews are doing to the palastinians.
baywalker71 1 year ago 3
@qwertzkeypad But at the same time quite ;gentlemanly'
overopensights 1 year ago
I first saw this movie not long after it came out and the song always stuck with me. I had no idea that Edward Woodward sang this song; what a multi-talented chap this guy was!!! RIP Edward you're singing for the angels now.
legman36 1 year ago 20
@legman36: He also sings a good WW1 love song 'They didn't believe me' it's on Youtube, have a listen.
overopensights 1 year ago
@legman36 I agree. I too saw the movie in the theater. The song stuck with me too. I did not know Edwards sang it either.
When ever I'm asked my favorite movies, this one tops my list.
SledgeHammerMarine 3 months ago
@legman36 A great actor. And this was one of his best.
pdmike909 4 weeks ago
@MadMark2006 we r not english we r fucken british pal from the four corners of our nation scots irish english welsh we fought with and along side each other for centuries and this world would be at a loss without our fortitude and remember how the sas can adapt to suit us brits have seen countless bad times bafana
dannybaird6 1 year ago
Good song, crap film(just more tedious pommie bashing from whinging Australian puffs c.f. Gallipoli.).
adamswampy 1 year ago
@adamswampy I bet your mouth bleeds every 28 days
gray499kcw 1 year ago 5
@adamswampy No it's called telling it how it was
lapalad 1 year ago
@lapalad no its called propaganda and myths
jed371 1 year ago
at 1:15 is an old army mate of mine from 3rd Bn RAR standing next to Lewis Fitzgerald (Lt Whitton).
Karl0010 2 years ago
why is it always the Highlanders get stuck doing the dirty work?
wotrabbitfish 2 years ago 4
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@wotrabbitfish - "why is it always the Highlanders get stuck doing the dirty work?"
...because no other soldiers look that good in a skirt, other than the 'Ladies from Hell', that's why. ;)
Frank4039 1 year ago
This was an awesome Australian film.
weta2000nz 2 years ago 12
thanks for putting this up! Anyone know where i can download this end bit? I only have the one where Woodward sings and i would love to have this instrumental version.
yellowpete79 2 years ago
They were shot because there was too much of it going on and there was a clear case against them . The Boers generally fought a clean and honourable fight - the British however fought with utter ruthlessness and determination this being the only way they could win. The Australian view that shooting prisoners was at best justified or at worst just excusable high spirits is clearly bollocks . Breaker Morant by the way was not Australian he was as English as something very English
andyprat 2 years ago
"The Boers generally fought a clean and honourable fight...." Anglophobic rubbish. The very reason the real Harry Morant went off the deep end was the fact that Captain Hunt, who was left alive but wounded, with the Boers after the Duiwelskloof raid, turned up dead and mutilated. The facts are that the guerrilla phase of the Boer War was brutal, with atrocities committed on both sides. The Boers often wore captured British khaki as a ruse - a violation of accepted war conduct then and now.
kjgood15 2 years ago 8
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The Boers were fighting for the homes and families, protecting their farms, from an invading army that came to steal everything they had. They didn't bring a Navy to England did they fuckhead?
EponymousWolf 1 year ago
@EponymousWolf LOL they were fighting for the right to keep slaves! That is why the great Trek occurred - they found themselves under British law wich did not permit slave ownership.
bigeasymcc 1 year ago 2
@bigeasymcc
The Transvaal and the Orange Free Stae were independent sovereign countries, and if they chose to keep slaves it was no business of the British. THE REALITY is that the British wanted a moral excuse to justify the THEFT OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST GOLD SIEME.
As for the Trek, nearly ALL of their former 'slaves'voluntarily travelled out of the Cape with their former masters. Britain as a country should be on trial for al of its war crimes.
EponymousWolf 1 year ago
@EponymousWolf Sorry but "might is right" and we beat them like a Ginger stepchild and gave a generous settlement, you don't imagine someone like Hitler would have been so magnamous? Better to have been beaten by us rather than any other Foriegn Bastard - so you beacme civilised. where now you'd be eating dung for dinner and fucking your kids!
gray499kcw 1 year ago 3
@gray499kcw
WHEREAS Britain was a wonderfully civilised place where the oppressed and impoverished working classes of the city slums weren't eating dung for dinner and fucking their kids? LAUGHTER. Read UP ON YOUR HISTORY SONNY
EponymousWolf 1 year ago
@EponymousWolf Yawn, you just recycled what i said - don't you have anything orginal? Probably not - due to interbreeding.
gray499kcw 1 year ago
Haven't seen the movie in a while - but were the Boers they executed wearing any sort of uniform or identifiable badge of allegiance? If not, the British had every right under the laws of war to execute them without trial. That's why the French Resistance in WW2 wore armbands.
Obergefreiter352 2 years ago 2
interesting opinions on here about the real men involved'' i would suggest reading the books on breaker morant and the boer war before leaving unreasearched waffle. they were real men fighting a dirty war' which was only won by the crown forces after they adopted the fighting style of the commando's, this included shooting of innocents and burning and destruction of property. both sides fought a harsh war and most fighters were brave men 'boer or colonial forces. a excellent movie.
croydel 2 years ago 4
@croydel yes i have read the book
grunt182820 2 years ago
Brilliant Film, Brilliant actor with a great voice. But please don't forget Breaker Morant the person and all those wrongfully executed for just doing their job as best as they could.
burnell007 2 years ago 5
A very fitting way to end what was a very good movie. Thanks for posting.
teapotiscool 2 years ago 3
A Great song from the movie Breaker Morant , Brilliantly sung by the late Edward Woodward.
yogafan6500 2 years ago 6
RIP Edward Woodward.
hmasmelbourne 2 years ago 4
RIP Old fella. You gave us so much.
MrJimijazz149 2 years ago 6
great stuff! good fella!!
eddiemac303 2 years ago 2
Anyone ever read Witton's book, Scapegoats of the Empire? It's rather rare but I read it. Apparently since over 100 years has passed people can retrieve documents about what actually happened. I wrote a history paper in 1996 on this topic, but that was prior to 100 years..
34stevearl 2 years ago
Unfortunately they weren't heroes - they killed innocent civilians and also one of their own soldiers, because he was going to tell what they had done. But we need to construct our mythical heroes.
wellershill 2 years ago
it' called war for a reason
the breaker IS a hero
grunt182820 2 years ago 3
Even war has ethical and legal rules. The only possible mitigating reason for their murder of civilians and one of their own men was post traumatic stress. Though that is unlikely in this case. No sane person who has been to war glorifies it or thinks they are a hero. My father was a fighter pilot in WW2 for 4 years, my father in law was torpedoed twice as a naval officer in WW2, including D Day. They were very brave, but neither would ever march in the streets after, or wear their medals.
wellershill 2 years ago
Ah! what a film. never kent ed woodward sang the end song.
msbonedigger 2 years ago
Oops, sorry. Just saw your description. It is Edward Woodward.
slappy6817 2 years ago
Great movie. Wonderful song. That's Edward Woodward singing, isn't it ?
slappy6817 2 years ago 3
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jerrycrass 2 years ago
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Do you have some actual beef W/ me or are you just shitting out your mouth?
brucestringbean 2 years ago
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So, essentially yes you are shitting out of your mouth ok
brucestringbean 2 years ago
Sadly-the rules of war have little to do with its reality .
newrochellephoenix 2 years ago 15
I love that anthem...it always reminds me of the great days of the British Army and the Empire
RifledBarrel 2 years ago
You mean the plundering Brits of the world?
stevemeltzer1 2 years ago 60
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gahctep 2 years ago
@stevemeltzer1 The Brits were not the first to plunder and they wont be the last, USA oil plunderers!
baywalker71 1 year ago
@baywalker71 We did do it with the most style though;-)
cnochain 1 year ago
@stevemeltzer1 Thank God for his bounty to the "American People". The original inhabitants just having served their purpose in protecting it for you obviously had to be wiped out: Wounded knee.....
cnochain 1 year ago
@stevemeltzer1 Our Indians that we 'Plundered' are now a rich and thriving nation, driving on British made roads and railways, seaports etc. The American indian....is now extinct I believe?
overopensights 1 year ago
@overopensights If the american Indian is extinct, who was I dancing with at our last powwow? Ghosts?
C'mon, get real. You can drive around in the back country in 4 corners area (arizona, colorado, new mexico, utah) for DAYS and not see anyone who ISN'T Navajo. come on over and see for yourself.
ImperialistRunningDo 1 year ago
@ImperialistRunningDo: Greetings! Sorry Imperial I was having a go at one of those people that forever attack the Old British Empire. I was in India last week on business, so much of what was built by the 'Empire' still stands, not leasts the schools, the Government systems, the business and national laws, railways etc. Yes I would like to see the US, I certainly will when time allows.
overopensights 1 year ago
@overopensights Hey there! If you do come to the states and get to the Pacific northwest, I'll keep a salmon hot for you. Fillets roasted over alder coals or on a cedar plank, either way. Yum. At my local University of Oregon (go Ducks!), we have the Many Nations Longhouse, where students from around the world come to learn about their fellows. You can even take classes in Chinook.
Many tribes are gone, but many remain. I'm surprised how many Europeans don't know that.
ImperialistRunningDo 1 year ago
@ImperialistRunningDo You know how to tempt the pallet. Book me a place please, I like mine slightly overdone. A question please? I refer to your calling. Imperialistrunningdo or dog? While fighting the Chinese in Malaya, they used refered to us in their propaganda as 'Imperialist running dogs' Is this just a coincidence or were you and I fighting the same war?
overopensights 1 year ago
@overopensights Same war, different flags. I was 'Nam era, but never got overseas. "Join the Navy, see San Diego." I shouldn't complain. REALLY.
Malaya. At least you won that one.
ImperialistRunningDo 11 months ago
@ImperialistRunningDo Greeings: One of our famous 18th century Prime ministers said " Every man thinks ill of himself for not being a soldier or a sailor" At least you served and at a very interesting time in a massive Navy. In Subic Bay in 68, I saw US ships and three very large carriers they filled the bay from end to end, miles and miles. One of the carriers was USS Edwards I believe. Malaya was very easy compared to the Nam war.
overopensights 11 months ago
@stevemeltzer1 A nation 2nd only to the USA...Ancient Rome lies a distant 3rd. All over the world, people want to migrate to the West...cause we suck...yea right...what an idiot u r.
vince33x 11 months ago
@stevemeltzer1 The people I really feel sorry for are the original inhabitants of South Africa, the San Bushmen, who were dispossed of their land by marauding Negroid Africans from the North, and the Boers who slaughtered them for sport. It is interesting to know that the Sotho of Lesotho, and the Swazi of Swaziland, and indeed the Tswana of Botswana formally asked Britain to protect them, hence their status as Protectorates. They were never colonies. History is very complex.
Markinthewoods 10 months ago
@stevemeltzer1 ARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH PIRATES!!! lol
psweep 9 months ago
@stevemeltzer1 bit rich mate ,concidering your a yank with a kraut name lol . the USA would not exist without us , plunder ? compare us to the spanish,french ,belgian german dutch empires , was hong kong plunder , a barren isle when we took it, look what was given back, we werent perfect by any means , but the empire got a lot back to , why stay within the commomwealth ,, look at yourselves ,america wanted the british empire finished because we had influence you could only dream of
TheMightOfTheEnglish 9 months ago
@stevemeltzer1 and america wanted more influence world wide themselves , look at your record in the last hundred years , spanish american war, you occupied the phillipines , invaded cuba took puerto rico, gained alaska, hawaii, american samoa , waging wars in vietnam, korea,invadeing grenada, el salvador, interfferring in nearly all south american countries , propping up right wing juntas , against left wing opposition
TheMightOfTheEnglish 9 months ago
@stevemeltzer1 some right shady south american countrys were your mates , civil wars in el salvador ,nicaragua, almost causing ww3 over missiles to cuba, yet had missiles yourself in europe, youve bases all round the world ,,partly thanks to us, the wasteful cold war, your blind support for israel, were your greatest alley you,ll ever have ,pity sometimes its one way , your mighty financial clout , and influence , is far more obscene than our empire ever was . and im pro american to
TheMightOfTheEnglish 9 months ago
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jerrycrass 2 years ago
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jerrycrass 2 years ago
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this is how the mother land rewards us.
oliver8758 2 years ago
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Don't obey immoral orders and the "motherland" reward you like that
RememberSobibor 2 years ago
An old army mate of mine is the guy who pulls George Whitten away from the prison bars just before Morant and Hancock are executed. Also standing next to him on the railway station during the final credits.
Karl0010 2 years ago
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What Morant did was wrong - he knew it was wrong and lied to keep it secret. Even by the standards of that time his conduct was unacceptable.
That's not to defend concentration camps nor does it justify judicial murder. Again, by the standards of that time Morant and his associates were dealt with fairly.
mig25pd 2 years ago
"Shoot straight you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!"
wastedwasted3 2 years ago 4
My favourite line. That and "Rule 303". Rest easy, Edward.
roseanne74 2 years ago 6
disturbing and poignant
taylorbridge 2 years ago 7
The prisoners my Gt Gt Uncle and his comrades murdered were responsible for torturing mutilating and killing British troops and one of them was a friend of theirs plus they found their remains, think i would have done the same.
jtw64 2 years ago
There was no evidence that they were directly responsible at all - and even if they were that did not give Morant et al the right to murder them.
mig25pd 2 years ago
There was a lot of evidence, including eyewitnesses. The execution of Morant was justified. What isn't justified was the attempt to justify what he did.
royalcourtier 2 years ago
I think we are probably agreeing with each other - my reference to 'no evidence' was in relation to the claim that the Boers murdered by Morant et. al. had been responsible for killing British prisoners.
I've no sympathy for Morant. I'm prepared to accept that judicial execution is itself unjustified but as I said earlier by the standards of the time Morant and the others were tried fairly.
mig25pd 2 years ago
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Lt George Witton was my Great Great Uncle he emigrated to Oz just before the Boer war
jtw64 2 years ago
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jerrycrass 2 years ago
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jerrycrass 2 years ago
GOD Bless THE BRITISH EMPIRE!
davidgrahamscott 2 years ago
No remorse whatsoever for men who murdered prisoners. They got what they deserved.
Ultimately, ever soldier is responsible for his own individiual actions. That's why they drill into us the difference between a lawful and unlawful command.
Barrakketh 2 years ago
Interesting. Applying the standards of today to situations of yesteryear is a perilous game at best. Glad to hear you are without flaw and are in a good position to judge those that came before you.
Perhaps your comment about murdering prisoners could be extended to Lord Kitchener and the prisoners he had executed (Breaker Morant being just one). Just a thought. Deal in absolutes and you can be sure of one thing: you are absolutely wrong.
rohanwotan2 2 years ago 6
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It's never been acceptable in a civilized nation to shoot an unarmed prisoner after accepting their surrender. Morrant committed murder
brucestringbean 2 years ago
Tell that to the Romans, Germans, Russians, French, English, etc etc
They all did it.
bohica31812 2 years ago 3
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The fact that something is done doesn't make it acceptable. I'm not saying that Morrant was some evil beast, he was enraged over the death of his friend and committed murder in revenge. Then he tried to hide behind the "no prisoners" order. All the accounts agree that he ignored the order until his friend was killed, then he used it to get vengeance. As a professional soldier I understand his actions but I can't condone them. If following orders was good enough for Morrant why not Nueremburg?
brucestringbean 2 years ago
Still being done .
newrochellephoenix 2 years ago
Tell that to the brave GIs (which I have met) who stormed the Normandy Beaches. This is war. The point is to kill your enemy and, failing that, do your damndest to break his spirits and demoralize him thereby making victory all the more tenable. Innocent and unarmed people ALWAYS die. Morant should have been pardoned, end of story. He was fighting a Counterinsurgency against a determined, hardened, and barbarous guerrilla force. Rules of War don't apply here. Great film, quite profound.
AllTerroristsMustDie 2 years ago 2
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The rules of war have nothing to do with the fact that shooting unarmed prisoners after accepting their surrender is NOT an act of war it's murder. I don't care how many vets you've met why don't you head on down to your local recruiter sign up then come back and talk about life in the military. until then you're just some youtube wannabe
brucestringbean 2 years ago
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Um, your argument would justify Hitler's SS death camps. After all "The point is to kill your enemy", right? "Rules of War don't apply", heh?
p1946 2 years ago
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jerrycrass 2 years ago
Sir,
With all respect to you and your service, when was the last time Canada was in a shooting war for any period of time? Korea? That being so, I don't think you nor I have any right to comment on these men's state of mind at the time. Being in constant contact with an ununiformed enemy in a wholly hostile area, having friends killed and mutilated, screws with your head. Some men react better than others, but one thing is certain, put men in that situation, and some will kill unlawfully.
Obergefreiter352 2 years ago 2
@Obergefreiter352
The reason the Boers were not 'in uniform' as you state was because they were defending their farms and their own country against the British who came to steal their gold, burn their farms, kill their livestock, and murder 28,500 of their women and children in the concentration camps.
EponymousWolf 2 years ago
A Great Song, Having not much to do with Breaker Morant himself. In the real world Breaker was a Rough one...
Wicksford 3 years ago 6
Die for the Queen.
BNPfightback 3 years ago
Thanks for posting, a superb film and a superb song.
ZimFlyer 3 years ago 3
No problem mate, Thanks for posting the high quality scene with the song. Your purpose was good & I should have thought about that before making a comment. Thought you on purpose just skipped over the execution part, to alter the end scene, My fault.
MadMark2006 3 years ago
Thank you Tom for those witty anti British comments. I guess you're just bitter because you failed to win first prize in the great lottery of life. Being born an Englishman. :)
woolsery1 3 years ago 5
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Them limie cocksuckers oughta be hit with a ball of their own shit.
tombradley 3 years ago
sad twat if there is one small country that has had an impact on the world its the uk. As the above comment states if you are an Englishman you ought to be grateful to colonial scum like myself that serve the crown so you dont have to.
oliver8758 3 years ago 9
people slag off the uk but theyve made the biggest impact on the world including the industrial revolution. where would we be without that ?
letmeusethisnamenow 2 years ago
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jerrycrass 2 years ago
Great and absolutely impressive!
realtooreal 3 years ago 5
Great song; superb film performances. No snivelling, carry on !
Jubilo1 3 years ago 9
Great video and sound...Woodward sung it well. Film showed how England used and then executed their own loyal soldiers as scape goats to appease the Bohrs to save face in Africa.
showtuneful 3 years ago 13
It is very haunting and very good. It is also very well presented.
IronGuardsman 3 years ago 14
Great song
Bygdohg 3 years ago 26