40,000 Horsemen full movie. Drama War film in Disney Hotstar+

40,000 Horsemen

1940

100 min

Charles Chauvel's 1940 cinematic tribute to the mounted troops of the Australian Light Horse regiments is a rousing call to arms, giving life to the heroic tales of mateship during the Great War.

Drama

War

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