The Getting of Wisdom

1977

1h 41m

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Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. 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.

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Eleanor Witcombe(writer by)
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Susannah Fowle
Laura Tweedle Rambotham
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Terence Donovan
Tom McNamara
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Patricia Kennedy
Miss Chapman
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Sheila Helpmann
Mrs. Gurley
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Candy Raymond
Miss Zielinski
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Barry Humphries
Rev. Strachey
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John Waters
Rev. Shepherd

Writers

Eleanor Witcombe(writer by)

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Release date

August 25, 1977 (United States)

Country of origin

Australia

Language

English

Production company

Australian Film Commission

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