Drama · Australia · 1977 · 1h 41m

The Getting of Wisdom

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Director
Bruce Beresford
Cast
Susannah Fowle as Laura Tweedle Rambotham Hilary Ryan as Evelyn Terence Donovan as Tom McNamara Patricia Kennedy as Miss Chapman Sheila Helpmann as Mrs. Gurley Candy Raymond as Miss Zielinski
Crew
Eleanor Witcombe — Writer Phillip Adams — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Bruce Beresford Director Eleanor Witcombe Writer Phillip Adams Producer
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