The Getting of Wisdom(1977)

52

1h 41m

  • Drama

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.

Cast

  • Susannah Fowle

    Susannah Fowle

    Laura Tweedle Rambotham

  • Hilary Ryan

    Hilary Ryan

    Evelyn

  • Terence Donovan

    Terence Donovan

    Tom McNamara

  • Patricia Kennedy

    Patricia Kennedy

    Miss Chapman

  • Sheila Helpmann

    Sheila Helpmann

    Mrs. Gurley

  • Candy Raymond

    Candy Raymond

    Miss Zielinski

  • Barry Humphries

    Barry Humphries

    Rev. Strachey

  • John Waters

    John Waters

    Rev. Shepherd

  • Kerry Armstrong

    Kerry Armstrong

    Kate

  • Sigrid Thornton

    Sigrid Thornton

    Maria

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    Status

    Released (Aug 25, 1977)

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