The Getting of Wisdom

Aug 25, 1977

1h 41m

★ 5.2

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Australian Film Commission

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Cast

Laura Tweedle Rambotham

Susannah Fowle

Evelyn

Hilary Ryan

Tom McNamara

Terence Donovan

Miss Chapman

Patricia Kennedy

Mrs. Gurley

Sheila Helpmann

Miss Zielinski

Candy Raymond

Rev. Strachey

Barry Humphries

Rev. Shepherd

John Waters

Kate

Kerry Armstrong

Maria

Sigrid Thornton

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