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A Fortunate Life

1986 · TV Series · 90 min

★ 6.2(3)unSUB Rating

DramaHistory

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

    Paul Sonkkila

    as Archie McCall

  • JR

    Jeffrey Rhoe

    as Jock McKay

  • MO

    Maurie Ogden

    as Cop

Directed by Marcus Cole, Henri Safran