A Fortunate Life
At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli.
Year: 1986
Genre: Drama
Country:
Studio: Nine Network
Director:
Cast: Dorothy Allison, Dale Randall, John Ley, Anthony Richards, Benedict Sweeney, Dominic Sweeney
Crew: Henri Safran (Director), Ken Kelso (Writer), A.B. Facey (Book), Marcus Cole (Director)
First Air Date: Apr 27, 1986
Last Air date: Apr 30, 1986
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 4 Episode
Runtime: 90 minutes
IMDb: 5.00/10 by 3.00 users
Popularity: 0.3442
Language: English
Keyword : world war i, biography, australia, miniseries, colonialism, 18th century, historical drama, gallipoli campaign
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