Where the Green Ants Dream

Aug 31, 1984

1h 40m

★ 6.9

Overview

The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ZDF

Pro-ject Filmproduktion

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

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Cast

Miliritbi

Wandjuk Marika

Dayipu

Roy Marika

Cole

Ray Barrett

Baldwin Ferguson

Norman Kaye

Fletcher

Ralph Cotterill

Lance Hackett

Bruce Spence

Arnold

Nico Lathouris

Judge Blackburn

Basil Clarke

Solicitor General Coulthard

Ray Marshall

Watson

Gary Williams

Fitzsimmons

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

Max Fairchild

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