The Lighthorsemen

Set in 1917, and based on a true story, this Australian war film follows the eponymous four-man regiment of mounted soldiers who have been together since the Gallipoli campaign, with one of the wounded members replaced by a younger recruit, slugging it out with Germans and Turks in Palestine. With Anthony Andrews, Peter Phelps, Bill Kerr, and Nick Waters; written by Ian Jones, directed by Simon Wincer, and shot in its entirety in South Australia.

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