Van Diemen's Land
Hunger is a strange silence
2009 · 1h 44m · Not Rated
Drama, History, Thriller
Directed by
Jonathan auf der Heide
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Van Diemen's Land
Overview
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
Director and cast
- Jonathan auf der Heide Director
- Oscar Redding as Alexander Pearce
- Arthur Angel as Robert Greenhill
- Paul Ashcroft as Matthew Travers
- Mark Leonard Winter as Alexander Dalton
- Torquil Neilson as John Mathers
- Thomas M. Wright as Thomas Bodenham
- Greg Stone as William Kennerly
- John Francis Howard as Little Brown
- Matt Wilson as Duty Soldier
- Adrian Mulraney as Logan
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