Parer's War

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Parer's War
Based on"Kokoda Front Line" by Neil McDonald
Written by Alison Nisselle
Directed by Alister Grierson
Starring Matthew Le Nevez
Adelaide Clemens
Rob Carlton
Luke Ford
Alexander England
Nicholas Bell
Music by Cezary Skubiszewski
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Andrew Wiseman
Cinematography Mark Wareham
Running time100 minutes
Original release
Network ABC
Release27 April 2014 (2014-04-27) (Australia)

Parer's War is a 2014 television film about Damien Parer, the Australian war photographer whose Second World War documentary film Kokoda Front Line! documenting the Kokoda Track campaign was the first Australian film to win an Oscar at the 15th Academy Awards. [1] [2]

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Plot

The film opens in 1942 with Parer in Mubo, New Guinea filming Australian troops during the Kokoda Track Campaign and covers the production of Kokoda Front Line!, his relationship with his wife Marie, events leading to his redeployment, and his subsequent death by Japanese gunfire at Palau in September 1944.

Cast

Production

Director Alister Grierson utilised point-of-view shots centred on Parer's camera throughout the film and shot scenes set in New Guinea on-location at Tamborine Mountain in Queensland. [3]

References

  1. "Australia's first Academy Award 80 years on | Australian War Memorial". www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  2. "Parer's War". ABC Content Sales. 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  3. Olivieri, Nathan (2014-04-23). "Frontal attack on apathy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2025-11-04.