Displaced Persons (film)
Displaced Persons is a 1985 Australian TV movie about refugees arriving in Australia in 1945.[1][2]
| Displaced Persons | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Geoffrey Nottage |
| Produced by | Jan Chapman |
| Written by | Louis Nowra |
| Starring | John Wood |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 1985 |
Running time | 75 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English Czech Polish Hungarian German Italian |
It was the first script written by Louis Nowra, who was inspired by a book he read about displaced people in Australia after World War Two. He wrote it in three days and sent it to the ABC who agreed to make it.[3]
The movie was well received and Nowra went on to write a number of works for the ABC.
References
- Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p45
- Review at Sydney Morning Herald 23 September 1985 accessed 23 June 2013
- Interview with Louis Nowra accessed 11 March 2014
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