The main forces of the Allied Powers were Australia and New Zealand. This battle later became an important history of Australia and New Zealand.
· Britain: 21,255 killed in battle, 52,230 wounded
· France: about 10,000 killed in battle , about 17,000 wounded
· Australia: 8,709 killed in battle, 19,441 wounded
· New Zealand: 2,701 killed in battle , 4,852 wounded
· India: 1,358 killed in battle, 3,421 wounded
Newfoundland: 49 killed, 63 wounded
· Turkey: 86,692 killed, 164,617 wounded
and later, they know Australia filmed in 1981 film called
Gallipoli
also known as: war Siege / Gallipoli /
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Mark Lee / Bill Kerr / Harold Hopkins
Release year: 1981
Language: English
Production country/region: Australia
The actor of this film is actually Mel Gibson. He was so young and he was still a hairy boy in his early twenties, but he was not a hero, but an ordinary soldier. He was tragically in the war. Survived.
The film is very different from the war movie I imagined. Half of the length is in Australia, and the other part is in Egypt. Only about one-third of the length is on the real battlefield-Gallipoli. I always thought it would be An epic war movie with a big scene, the real war scene is very small, and the only few assault shots are only a few dozen people, but tens of seconds (a big gap with my expectations).
This is a film that mainly shows personal destiny. The war scenes are just a foil. What is important is the people in the war, glory and dreams, destruction and suffering.
The film’s tidbits are very long. From the beginning, the director made it clear that the theme of the film was not to celebrate the achievements of the Anzac, but to express the "meaningless sacrifices" of people in the war.
This is actually an anti-war movie.
At the end of the 1970s, shortly after the end of the Vietnam War, the entire Western world was reflecting on it. The creators of Gallipoli were under a lot of pressure (temporary change of investors. In the end, it was the news giant Murdoch who fought the fire because of Murdoch. K’s father used to be an Australian war correspondent on the front lines of Gallipoli.)
The ending of the film was very strange. When I thought the climax had just come, it stopped abruptly-the
Australian soldiers were in the trenches. In the distance is the Turk’s machine gun position. The British ordered Australia to charge. Everyone knows that there will be no return, and they will be killed immediately as soon as they get out of the trenches. When they knew they were about to die, they took out family photos and letters, and then charged bravely. At this moment, Mel Gibson had received the order to stop the attack and ran back to report the letter but had not returned to the army. His comrades died in front of the line.
In the last shot, his best friend was hit by a bullet in the sprint.
The movie ends here.
Meaningless sacrifice.
The director's anti-war intentions are fully self-evident.
In today's crazy world situation, the meaning of "Galipoli" still exists, and even more valuable.
Although this film is entirely from the Australian perspective (even the British commander was devalued by them). However, the war, after all, is on Turkish soil.
The real protagonist of Gallipoli was Turkey. It was Kemal (later the father of Turkey) who was the front-line commander at the time. The Turks won the respect of the world with their bravery and unyielding. Their Gallipoli victors, even though they Finally surrendered in the First World War.
Today, Gallipoli’s beach has become a tourist attraction because of the war. Turkish soldiers are buried in the local cemetery, as well as the fallen soldiers of the British, French, Australian and New Zealand forces. The monument is engraved with an inscription written by Kemal in 1934:
These heroes who gave their blood and lives sleep peacefully on
the land of a friendly country
.
Lying with Mehmedčeks. Wipe away your tears
, mothers who sent their sons to the battlefield from faraway countries
.
Your sons are now lying in our arms.
They are resting. They will sleep peacefully.
After giving their lives on this land,
they have become our sons.
The most masculine inscription in this history proves that Kemal is the true hero! What a broad mind, the respect for the enemy, the respect for life, and the worship of the earth, he made the Australian and New Zealand warriors who rested in Gallipoli become the sons of the Turks.
May all the meaningless victims rest in peace.
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