The life story of Damien Parer, the acclaimed World War II photographer, who spent most of the war on the frontline.
Cinematography
Recreates Parer's actual combat footage with haunting accuracy.
Acting
Eadie captures a man who'd rather be behind camera than alive.
Direction
Duigan refuses to glorify the war he documents.
Director
John Duigan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Parer's actual 1943 Academy Award for 'Kokoda Front Line!' sits in Australian War Memorial archives — he never held it, having shipped back to combat immediately.
Director Duigan shot on location in Papua New Guinea, using villagers whose grandparents remembered Parer passing through — some extras wore original donated uniforms.
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