The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
December 26, 1906Release Date
The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
December 26, 1906Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Elizabeth Tait
John Tait
Charles Tait
Director
Millard Johnson
Cinematography
Orrie Perry
Cinematography
Reg Perry
Cinematography
Godfrey Cass
Ned Kelly
Sam Crewes
Assistant Director
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Release DateDecember 26, 1906
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 10m
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The Story of the Kelly Gang is a 1906 Australian bushranger film that traces the exploits of 19th-century bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. It was directed by Charles Tait and shot in and around the city of Melbourne. The original cut of this silent film ran for more than an hour with a reel length of about 1,200 metres (4,000 ft), making it the longest narrative film yet seen in the world. It premiered at Melbourne's Athenaeum Hall on 26 December 1906 and was first shown in the United Kingdom in January 1908. A commercial and critical success, it is regarded as the origin point of the bushranging drama, a genre that dominated the early years of Australian film production. Since its release, many other films have been made about the Kelly legend.
As of 2020, approximately 17 minutes of the film are known to have survived, which, together with stills and other fragments, have undergone restoration for theatrical and home video releases. In 2007, The Story of the Kelly Gang was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register for being the world's first full-length narrative feature film.