Movie
The Water Diviner
Overview
In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-12-25
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fear of God Films, Hopscotch Features
- Country
- Australia, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Russell Crowe as Joshua Connor
- Olga Kurylenko as Ayshe
- Yılmaz Erdoğan as Major Hasan
- Cem Yılmaz as Sgt. Jemal
- Jai Courtney as Lt. Colonel Hughes
- Ryan Corr as Arthur "Art" Connor
- James Fraser as Edward Connor
- Ben O'Toole as Henry Connor
- Steve Bastoni as Omer
- Salih Kalyon as Dr. Ibrahim
- Dylan Georgiades as Orhan
- Megan Gale as Fatma
Crew
- Russell Crowe - Director
- Andrew Anastasios - Writer
- Andrew Knight - Writer
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