Based on a true story, Breaker Morant is the wrenching tale of three soldiers who are court-martialed at the end of the Boer War. When one of their comrades is ambushed and killed, three soldiers seek revenge and kill a Boer soldier. This act of murder and the mysterious disappearance of a German missionary leads to the arrest of the three men. In one of the most contraversial court-martials in military history, they are defended by Major Thomas, a small town Austualian solicitor who has only been given one day to prepare the case.