DVD | Gallipoli

Gallipoli was a devastating, idiotic plan to bring the Turks to their knees. It clearly showed that attacking with no real planning, or a realistic view of the enemy, can only lead to disaster.

Gallipoli: The Frontline Experience looks at the doomed campaign through the eyes of those soldiers who fought it – the British, ANZAC and Turkish. Using diaries, letters, photographs and memoirs, director Tolga Ornek, traces the personal journeys of these soldiers, from innocence through hardship and onto heartbreak. Spoken through their own words, with dramatic recreations Gallipoli puts you in the midst of the battle.

It is a moving and powerful documentary. Wonderfully narrated by Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill, Gallipoli alters the way we see war by giving a voice to the men who experienced it first-hand.