Beneath Hill 60
During World War I a mining engineer (Brendan Cowell) and his team of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, tunnel beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.
July1980, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
24 October 1967, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
24 July 1948, Billericay, Essex, England, UK
19 August 1988, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 June 1969, Australia
August 19, 2010
Driven by a fine script and top performances, this powerfully affecting drama reveals an astonishing untold Australian war story.
April 27, 2010
A drab and derivative screenplay simply fails to build a single worthwhile or credible character.
August 19, 2010
How they did it, and what it cost is the real story. I'm glad it's told as well as it is.
April 21, 2010
A superbly crafted, tension-filled drama based on a little-known episode of the First World War.
August 19, 2010
This is our first really good movie about the Western Front. It's not faultless, but it does what it does very well.
August 19, 2010
You've got to give full marks for the look of the film. It looks absolutely great.
August 19, 2010
Has every chance of joining the ranks of Gallipoli and Breaker Morant. It may even contribute to future generations' understanding of the Australian experience in the Great War.
August 19, 2010
The film certainly deserves to stand alongside such films as Gallipoli (1981), Kokoda, The Odd Angry Shot (1979) and Breaker Morant (1979).
July 12, 2010
Marks the welcome return of the epic war movie, in this post-Gallipoli true life story of heroism, mateship, and the consequence of warfare.
July 06, 2010
A well-groomed Australian low-budgeter undermined by dull pacing and cliched characterizations.
April 22, 2010
Beneath Hill 60 for a while feels almost embarrassed to be a big war flick, but once it finds its nerve, it genuinely excels.
