Kenneth G. Ross
Kenneth Graham Ross( born 4 June 1941) is an Australian playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist best known for writing the 1978 stage play" Breaker Morant", that was based on the life of Australian soldier Harry" Breaker" Morant.
With the support of the South Australian Film Corporation this play was later adapted by Ross into a film of the same name in 1980.
The film was nominated for the 1980 Academy Award for the screenplay adapted from another source.
James Shavick
James Shavick( born 1950) is a Canadian film and television producer, currently the CEO of Shavick Entertainment.
His films include" Two of Hearts" and" Two Solitudes", while his television series have included" The New Addams Family" and" Breaker High".
Daniel Heese
Carl August Daniel Heese( 24 February 1867 – 23 August 1901) was a German missionary in South Africa.
He was killed during the Second Boer War, his death was one of the issues at the court martial of Breaker Morant.
Percy Frederick Hunt
Captain Percy Frederic Hunt( 28 May 1873 – 6 August 1901) was French- born, British army officer who was killed during the Second Boer War.
He is best known for his relationship with Breaker Morant.
Emanuel Rádl
Emanuel Rádl( December 21, 1873 – May 12, 1942) was an original Czech biologist, historian of science, philosopher and a critical supporter of Masaryk ´s pre-war democratic Czechoslovakia.
He earned international renown by his works on the evolution of neural system and as historian of evolution theories.
Frank Shields (director)
Frank Shields( born 29 March 1947) is an Australian director of film and TV.
He broke into the film industry in the 1970s by making a film about Breaker Morant which he shot partly in Africa.
Anna Mei
Anna Mei( 10 July 1967) is a racing cyclist, mountain biker and a breaker of long- distance( 24 h) records.
She set the women's velodrome record at 441.55 miles( 711.04 km), average speed 18.40 mph( 29.63 km/ h) at the Roberto Battaglia velodrome in Busto Garolfo( Italy) in September 2011.
Breaker Morant
Harry" Breaker" Harbord Morant,( born Edwin Henry Murrant, 9 December 1864 – 27 February 1902), was an Anglo- Australian drover, horseman, bush poet and military officer, who was convicted and executed for murder during the Second Anglo- Boer War.
While serving with the Bushveldt Carbineers during the Second Anglo- Boer War, Lieutenant Morant was arrested and court- martialed for war crimes—one of the first such prosecutions in British military history.
According to military prosecutors, Morant retaliated for the death in combat of his commanding officer with a series of revenge killings against both Boer POWs and many civilian residents of the Northern Transvaal.
He was accused of the summary execution of Floris Visser, a wounded prisoner of war, and the slaying of four Afrikaners and four Dutch schoolteachers who had been taken prisoner at the Elim Hospital.
Morant was found guilty and sentenced to death.
Lieutenants Morant and Peter Handcock were then court- martialed for the murder of the Rev. Carl August Daniel Heese, a South African- born Minister of the Berlin Missionary Society.
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Heese had spiritually counseled the Dutch and Afrikaner victims at Elim Hospital, indignantly vowed to inform Morant's commanding officer, and had been shot to death the same afternoon.
Morant and Handcock were acquitted of the Heese murder, but their sentences for murdering Floris Visser and the eight victims at Elim Hospital were implemented by a firing squad from the Cameron Highlanders on 27 February 1902.
Morant and Handcock have become folk heroes in modern Australia, representing a turning point for Australians ’ self- determination and independence from British rule.
Their court-martial and death have been the subject of books, a stage play, and an award- winning Australian New Wave movie by director Bruce Beresford.
Upon its release during 1980, Beresford's movie both brought Morant's life story to a worldwide audience and" hoisted the images of the accused officers to the level of Australian icons and martyrs."
Many Australians now regard Morant and Handcock as scapegoats or even as the victims of judicial murder.
Attempts continue, with wide public support, to obtain a posthumous pardon or even a new trial.
According to South African historian Charles Leach," In the opinion of many South Africans, particularly descendants of victims as well as other involved persons in the far Northern Transvaal, justice was only partially achieved by the trial and the resultant sentences.
The feeling still prevails that not all the guilty parties were dealt with – the notorious Captain Taylor being the most obvious one of all."
Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford( born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 50- year career.
Notable films he has directed include" Breaker Morant"( 1980)," Tender Mercies"( 1983)," Crimes of the Heart"( 1986) and" Driving Miss Daisy"( 1989).
Jack Thompson (actor)
Jack Thompson, AM( born 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema.
He was educated at University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career.
In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society( ACS).
He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including such classics as" The Club"( 1980)," Sunday Too Far Away"( 1975)," The Man from Snowy River"( 1982) and" Breaker Morant"( 1980).
He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film.
He was the recipient of a Living Legend Award at the 2005 Inside Film Awards.

Question: Did Emanuel Rádl and Breaker Morant have the same nationality?
Answer: no