A Fortunate Life (1986)
A Fortunate Life (1986)
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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.
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Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Dorothy Allison
Grandma Carr

Dale Randall
Roy Facey

John Ley
Eric Facey

Dorothy Alison
Grandma Carr

Anthony Richards
Bert (9 Years)

Benedict Sweeney
Bert (14 Years)

Dominic Sweeney
Bert

Pat Bishop
Alice McCall

Paul Sonkkila
Archie McCall

Jeffrey Rhoe
Jock McKay

Maurie Ogden
Cop

Leslie Wright
Jack Lander

Raelene Hughes
Young Alice McCall

Val Lehman
Bert's Mother

Ray Meagher
Bad Bob

Bill Hunter
Charlie Bibby

Bill Kerr
Narrator (voice)

Marcus Cole
Director

Ken Kelso
Writer

Henri Safran
Director

A.B. Facey
Book

Andrew Kovacevich
Media.


Details.
Release DateApril 27, 1986
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes4
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
australia
world war i
biography
miniseries
colonialism
18th century
historical drama
gallipoli campaign
Miniseries
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