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The Getting of Wisdom (1977)

ALL 08/25/1977 (en) Drama 101 Min
  • Release
    08/25/1977
  • Production
    Australian Film Commission
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    The Getting of Wisdom
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Bruce Beresford

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Phillip Adams

    Producer



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  1. Susannah Fowle

    Laura Tweedle Rambotham

  2. Hilary Ryan

    Evelyn

  3. Terence Donovan

    Tom McNamara

  4. Patricia Kennedy

    Miss Chapman

  5. Sheila Helpmann

    Mrs. Gurley

  6. Candy Raymond

    Miss Zielinski

  7. Barry Humphries

    Rev. Strachey

  8. John Waters

    Rev. Shepherd

  9. Kerry Armstrong

    Kate

  10. Sigrid Thornton

    Maria

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 10 , Crews : 7

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The Getting of Wisdom (1977) 101 Min

ALL 08/25/1977 (en)
Drama
  • Release 08/25/1977
  • Production
    Australian Film Commission
  • Original title The Getting of Wisdom
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Bruce Beresford

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Phillip Adams

    Producer



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