The Getting of Wisdom
1977•1h 41m•5.4•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Bruce Beresford
Writer
Eleanor Witcombe
Languages
English
Studio
Australian Film Commission
Cast
Susannah Fowle
Laura Tweedle Rambotham
Hilary Ryan
Evelyn
Terence Donovan
Tom McNamara
Patricia Kennedy
Miss Chapman
Sheila Helpmann
Mrs. Gurley
Candy Raymond
Miss Zielinski
Barry Humphries
Rev. Strachey
John Waters
Rev. Shepherd
Kerry Armstrong
Kate
Sigrid Thornton
Maria
Production
Company
Australian Film Commission
Producer
Phillip Adams
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