The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, technology and science. Few on the surface knew of the brave, claustrophobic and sometimes barbaric work of these tunnellers.
Beneath Hill 60
“After Gallipoli there was still a war to be won.”
Overview
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, technology and science. Few on the surface knew of the brave, claustrophobic and sometimes barbaric work of these tunnellers.
Director
Jeremy Sims
Budget
7.3M
Status
Released
Production
The Silence Productions, Lucky Country Productions, Screen Australia, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Screen NSW, Screen Queensland
Cast
Brendan Cowell
Captain Oliver Woodward
Harrison Gilbertson
Frank Tiffin
Steve Le Marquand
Sergeant Bill Fraser
Gyton Grantley
Norman Morris
Alan Dukes
Jim Sneddon
Alex Thompson
Walter Sneddon
Warwick Young
Percy Marsden
Mark Coles Smith
Billy Bacon
Anthony Hayes
William McBride
Leon Ford
Lt. Robert Clayton
Jacqueline McKenzie
Mrs. Emma Waddell
Gerald Lepkowski
William Waddell
Bella Heathcote
Marjorie Waddell
Chris Haywood
Colonel Wilson Rutledge
Aden Young
Major Brady North
Thom Green
Warren Hutchings
John Stanton
General Lambert
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