Gallipoli Movie Analysis

Plot Summary: The 1981 film Gallipoli, follows the story of several young men from Western Australia, Two in particular Archy and Frank. Leaving their various backgrounds and dreams to enlist in the Australian Army during World War 1. Throughout the first half of the film their personal beliefs and lives as young Australian men are shared and documented. The second half of the film shows how the young men begin to lose their innocence at war and purpose of the war, as the Australian and New Zealand and in particular shown in the movie the White horsemen lose their lives and are defeated by the Turkish.
Historical Background: World War 1, Gallipoli took place between April and December 1915. A campaign to take the Turkish Empire out of the war. Around 18,000 New Zealanders and 60,000 Australians were part of a large British force. Overall, 2,431 New Zealanders and 7,594 Australians died in battle. Turkish forces were not defeated and were successful in repelling the allied invasion. By the order of the British Anzac forced stormed the beaches at Gallipoli. …show more content…
It is able to portray an image of what the environment in which World War 1 veterans fought in. The trenches are realistic, the director included a lot of detail. Sandbags lined the top and injured soldiers lined the base. As most trenches are a shoulder width wide, the director took this into consideration and made it work. The scene on the beach was historically accurate to legitimate photos taken from 1915, steep terrain and sandbags with soldiers taking shelter. The setting in which the film takes place in is able to influence the viewers to have a greater respect for the Anzacs, as they fought and lived in poor conditions. The director used the settings to really depict the severity and circumstances of the war, to give the viewers of the movie a greater understanding of the environment and climate in which the Gallipoli campaign took place

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