This documentary series tells the story of the greatest military controversy in Australian history — the trial and execution of Harry ‘The Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock. 110 years after he was executed by the British during the Boer War, this film reconsiders the Breaker Morant case, through cross examinations of historians and legal experts, and the presentation of evidence that suggests betrayal and subterfuge at the centre of the trial.

This documentary series tells the story of the greatest military controversy in Australian history: the trial and execution of Harry ‘The Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock by the British during the Boer War. Over a century later, this film revisits the case through the eyes of historians and legal experts, offering evidence that suggests betrayal and subterfuge at the centre of the trial.
This documentary series tells the story of the greatest military controversy in Australian history: the trial and execution of Harry ‘The Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock by the British during the Boer War. Over a century later, this film revisits the case through the eyes of historians and legal experts, offering evidence that suggests betrayal and subterfuge at the centre of the trial.