The Battlers

The Battlers
1994
⏱️ 191 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaTV Movie
Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.

Cast

Gary Sweet
Gary Sweet
Snow
Jacqueline McKenzie
Jacqueline McKenzie
Dancy Grimshaw
Marcus Graham
Marcus Graham
The Busker
Peter Stonham
Peter Stonham
Jimmy
Richard Piper
Richard Piper
Apostle
Amanda Cross
Amanda Cross
Millie

Crew

Director
George Ogilvie
Writer
Peter Yeldham
Producer
Des Monaghan, Valerie Hardy, Tom Donald

Production

South Australian Film Corporation

Keywords

depression erabar fightbuskernomadmigratory workershorse drawn carriage