A Fortunate Life

Name: A Fortunate Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 30 Apr 1986
Rating: 4.00
Cast: Dorothy Allison, Dale Randall, John Ley, Anthony Richards, Benedict Sweeney

1986-04-30 90 minutes.

4.00 2 votes

Drama world war i biography australia miniseries colonialism 18th century historical drama gallipoli campaign

Episodes
Info
Cast

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Apr 27, 1986

1 - 1

Starting Out (1897-1905) Apr 27, 1986
1 - 2

Bush Schooling (1905-1908) Jan 01, 1970
1 - 3

Journey (1908-1914) Apr 29, 1986
1 - 4

Providence (1914-1916) Apr 30, 1986

Overview

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.

Year 1986

Studio Nine Network

Director

Crew Marcus Cole (Director), Henri Safran (Director), A.B. Facey (Book), Ken Kelso (Writer)

Popularity 1.8372

Language English