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The Getting of Wisdom

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Calorie Rating: 142
Released: 1977-08-25
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Studios: Australian Film Commission,


The Getting of Wisdom is based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Her novel is thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. The film is about a young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.

Director / Directors



Cast

Susannah Fowle
Character: Laura Tweedle Rambotham
Hilary Ryan
Character: Evelyn
Terence Donovan
Character: Tom McNamara

Patricia Kennedy
Character: Miss Chapman
Sheila Helpmann
Character: Mrs. Gurley
Candy Raymond
Character: Miss Zielinski

Barry Humphries
Character: Rev. Strachey
John Waters
Character: Rev. Shepherd
Kerry Armstrong
Character: Kate

Sigrid Thornton
Character: Maria


Production and Crew

David Burr
Focus Puller
Denis Nicolic
Clapper Loader
Gale Tattersall
Camera Operator