Utu (1983)
Geoff Murphy
DramaWesternWar
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About
Utu is a 1983 New Zealand war film that follows Te Wheke, a Māori warrior who initially fights for the British during the New Zealand Wars. After discovering that colonial forces have destroyed his village and killed his family, he deserts the British and embarks on a quest for revenge against those responsible, leading to a violent insurgency against the colonizers. Co-written and directed by Geoff Murphy, the films stars Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Eliott, Ilona Rodgers, Wi Kuki Kaa and Merata Mita. T he film is set in 1870 in the North Island and has been described as a New Zealand Western.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in More feature films
- Licence or status
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- Geoff Murphy
- Language
- English
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed