40,000 Horsemen
40,000 Horsemen – Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part in the attack during the Battle of Beersheba, which was the last cavalry charge in modern warfare.
40,000 Horsemen (1940)
Director: Charles Chauvel
Writers: Elsa Chauvel(continuity), Charles Chauvel(story), E.V. Timms(story)
Stars: Grant Taylor, Betty Bryant, Chips Rafferty
Genre: Drama, History, War Movie
Country: Australia
Language: English
Also Known As: Forty Thousand Horsemen
Release Date: 26.12.1940
Filming Location: Kurnell Sandhills, Kurnell, New South Wales, Australien
Storyline:
Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part in the attack during the Battle of Beersheba, which was the last cavalry charge in modern warfare.
Reviews:
“Although filmed 60 years ago I cannot think of a more thrilling realisation on film of a massed cavalry assault. The scene, which is sustained for several minutes, recreats the WWI charge of the Australian light horse on the Turkish-held town of Beersheeba, Palestine, in 1917. This is generally accepted as the last successful cavalry charge in military history (typically some eggheads – probably Brits – quibble on whether it was a true cavalry charge because the Australians were armed with bayonets rather than sabres; not that the distinction meant much to the unfortunates who ended up skewered on the end of them.)
Also noteworthy for the presence of Chips Rafferty, in a typical role as a gangling Aussie bushmen, and who, in the days before Paul Hogan, represented the Australian male as he liked to imagine himself.”
– written by “wpeake” on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title): 40,000 Horsemen
Australia: 40,000 Horsemen
Brazil: 40.000 Cavaleiros
Denmark: Fyrretyvetusinde Ryttere
France: 40 000 cavaliers
Greece (transliterated title): I epelasis tis taxiarhias thanatou
Hungary: Negyvenezer lovas
Italy: Quarantamila cavalieri
Mexico: Cuarenta mil jinetes
Spain: La carga de los 40.000 jinetes
Sweden: 40 000 ryttare
UK (TV title): Forty Thousand Horsemen
USA: 40,000 Horsemen
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