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Displaced Persons (film)

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Displaced Persons
Written byLouis Nowra
Directed byGeoffrey Nottage
StarringJohn Wood
Country of originAustralia
Original languagesEnglish
Czech
Polish
Hungarian
German
Italian
Production
ProducerJan Chapman
Running time75 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC
Release1985 (1985)

Displaced Persons is a 1985 Australian TV movie about refugees arriving in Australia in 1945.[1][2]

It was the first script written by Louis Nowra, who was inspired by a book he read about displaced people in Australia after World War Two. He wrote it in three days and sent it to the ABC who agreed to make it.[3]

The movie was well received and Nowra went on to write a number of works for the ABC.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p45
  2. ^ Review at Sydney Morning Herald 23 September 1985 accessed 23 June 2013
  3. ^ Interview with Louis Nowra accessed 11 March 2014
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