
A Fortunate Life
1986 · TV Series · 90 min
★ 6.2(3)unSUB Rating
An extraordinary story of survival about a boy forced to make it on his own in the harsh Australian bush and the battlefields of Gallipoli during WWI.
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-04-27
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 5.0/10 (3 votes)
Themes
- world war i
- biography
- australia
- miniseries
- colonialism
- 18th century
- historical drama
- gallipoli campaign
Cast & crew
- DA
Dorothy Allison
as Grandma Carr
- DR
Dale Randall
as Roy Facey
- JL
John Ley
as Eric Facey
- AR
Anthony Richards
as Bert (9 Years)
- BS
Benedict Sweeney
as Bert (14 Years)
- DS
Dominic Sweeney
as Bert
- PB
Pat Bishop
as Alice McCall

Paul Sonkkila
as Archie McCall
- JR
Jeffrey Rhoe
as Jock McKay
- MO
Maurie Ogden
as Cop
Directed by Marcus Cole, Henri Safran