article_snippet: One hundred years after the Battle of Gallipoli, a new Hollywood film starring and directed by Russell Crowe is poised to generate new interest in a region in Turkey where one of the darkest campaigns of the First World War was waged.
article_snippet: Russell Crowe's new film visits some of the key battleground areas as well as some of Turkey's beauty spots while telling a fictional tale that is built around the bloody campaign which lasted nearly a year.
article_snippet: The Gallipoli campaign sees Crowe character, Joshua Connor, travelling to Turkey to find his three sons who fought in the Battle of Gallipoli .
article_snippet: Russell Crowe's character has lost Russell Crowe's character three sons  who fought for the ANZACS in the conflict, and has promised Russell Crowe's character late wife Russell Crowe's character will find his three sons  who fought for the ANZACS in the conflict.
article_snippet: The Gallipoli campaign sees Russell Crowe (right) making Russell Crowe (right) directorial debut  from the screenplay written by Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios .
article_snippet: The main character, Connor, must travel across the war-torn landscape with the help of a Turkish First World War veteran .
article_snippet: As well as Russell Crowe (pictured), The Gallipoli campaign's co-stars include Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Cem Yılmaz and Yılmaz Erdoğan .