While the Men are Away

While the Men are Away

2023
★★☆☆☆ 4.0/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 8 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
Drama
While the men are away fighting in WWII, two Women’s Land Army recruits join an Italian immigrant, her Indigenous domestic, and their draft-dodging farmhand to run the family farm – but can the improbable freedom and kinship they find survive beyond the war?

Seasons

Season 1
2023 • 8 Episodes
In 1940s Australia, the men are off fighting in WWII and Frankie finds herself in charge of her farm. She decides to enlist the help of two city dwellers to keep it running.

Cast

Michela De Rossi
Michela De Rossi
Francesca
Phoebe Grainer
Phoebe Grainer
Kathleen
Max McKenna
Max McKenna
Gwen
Jana Zvedeniuk
Jana Zvedeniuk
Esther
Matt Testro
Matt Testro
Robert
Benedict Hardie
Benedict Hardie
Des

Crew

Director
Elissa Down, Monica Zanetti
Producer
Lisa Shaunessy

Network

SBS

Production

Arcadia, Red Arrow Studios International, Screen Australia, Screen NSW, Seven.One Studios