Title |
A fortunate life. |
Published |
[Kew, Victoria] Umbrella Entertainment [distributor], [2013] |
©1985 |
Description |
2 DVD-videos (371 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Based on the novel by A. B. Facey. |
Originally broadcast in 1985. |
"DAVID2851." |
Contents |
Part I: Starting out (1897-1905) -- Part II: Bush schooling (1905-1908) -- Part III: Journey (1908-1914) -- Part IV: Providence (1914-196). |
Credits |
Producer, Bill Hughes ; director, Henri (Safron) Safron ; screenplay, Ken Kelso. |
Performers |
Narrated by Bill Kerr. |
Bill Hunter, Martin Vaughan, Dorothy Alison, Val Lehman, Pat Bishop. |
Summary |
At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli. |
Target audience note |
Rating: PG. |
System details |
PAL ; All regions. |
Language note |
In English. |
Subjects |
Facey, A. B.(Albert Barnett),1894-1982 -- Drama |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Drama |
Men -- Australia -- 1890-1920 -- Drama |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia |
Television mini-series -- Australia |
Genre |
Television mini-series |
Coming-of-age television programs |
Other Names |
Facey, A. B. (Albert Barnett), 1894-1982 author. |
Hunter, Bill, 1940-2011 actor. |
Vaughan, Martin actor. |
Allison, Dorothy, 1925-1992 actor. |
Lehman, Val actor. |
Bishop, Pat actor. |
Kerr, Bill, 1922-2014 narrator. |
Kelso, Ken screenwriter. |
Hughes, Bill producer. |
Safron, Henri director. |
Series |
Classic Australian Stories |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Allison, Dorothy, 1925-1992 .
- Bishop, Pat .
- Facey, A. B. (Albert Barnett), 1894-1982 .
- Hughes, Bill .
- Hunter, Bill, 1940-2011 .
- Kelso, Ken .
- Kerr, Bill, 1922-2014 .
- Lehman, Val .
- Safron, Henri .
- Vaughan, Martin .
Series:
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