The Getting of Wisdom
Cast & Crew
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Bruce Beresford
Director
Susannah Fowle
Laura Tweedle Rambotham
Barry Humphries
Reverend Strachey
John Waters
Reverend Robert Shepherd
Sheila Helpmann
Mrs Gurley
Pat Kennedy
Miss Chapman
Film Details
Also Known As
Getting of Wisdom
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1979
Production Company
Australian Film Commission (AFC)
Distribution Company
Darvill Associates; Village Roadshow Limited
Location
Australia
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 41m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Synopsis
Director
Bruce Beresford
Director
Cast
Susannah Fowle
Laura Tweedle Rambotham
Barry Humphries
Reverend Strachey
John Waters
Reverend Robert Shepherd
Sheila Helpmann
Mrs Gurley
Pat Kennedy
Miss Chapman
Julia Blake
Isabella Shepherd
Dorothy Bradley
Miss Hicks
Kay Eklund
Mrs Rambotham
Max Fairchild
Mr O'Donnell
Jan Friedl
Miss Snodgrass
Diana Greentree
Mrs Maisie Shepherd
Maggie Kirkpatrick
Sarah--Rambotham'S Companion
Monica Maughan
Miss Day
Candy Raymond
Miss Zielinski
Terence Donovan
Tom Macnamara
Kerry Armstrong
Kate Horner
Celia Deburgh
Mp
Kim Deacon
Lilith Gordon
Alix Longman
Annie Johns
Jo-anne Moore
Tilly
Amanda Ring
Cupid
Hilary Ryan
Evelyn
Janet Shaw
Bertha
Karen Sutton
"Pin" Rambotham
Sigrid Thornton
Maria Morrell
Noni Hazelhurst
Margo Mclennan
Gerda Nicolson
Stephen Oldfield
Stephanie Blake
Miss Courtney
Richard Butler
Michael Edgar
Cordelia Harrison
Amanda Moore
Edwina Wright
Cordelia Beresford
Roma Johnstone
Suzanne Steele
Performer
Robert Gard
Performer
Ian Cousins
Performer
Noni Hazlehurst
Crew
Phillip Adams
Producer
William Anderson
Editor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Music Extract ("Partita No 2")
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music Extract ("Sonata No 21 In C Major")
Stephanie Blake
Other
Desmond Bone
Sound Recording
Fran Burke
Titles
Richard Divall
Other
Robert Duvall
Music Conductor (Victoria State Opera)
Peter Fenton
Sound Rerecording
Sarah Grunstein
Other
John Hipwell
Assistant Director
Julie Hocking
Production Coordinator
Moya Iceton
Production Assistant
Moya Iceton
Continuity
Russell Karel
Production Manager
Richard Kent
Art Direction
Michael Lake
Assistant Director
Toivo Lember
Assistant Director
Donald M. Mcalpine
Director Of Photography
Jacques Offenbach
Other
Henry Handel Richardson
Source Material (From Novel)
Franz Schubert
Music ("Impromptu In G Flat Major")
Anna Senior
Costume Designer
John Stoddart
Production Designer
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Music ("Third Movement Of 'Symphony In E'" (Colonial March))
Gale Tattersall
Camera Operator
Sigismund Thalberg
Music ("Variations Of 'Home Sweet Home'")
Gary Wilkins
Sound Recording
Eleanor Witcombe
Screenwriter
Film Details
Also Known As
Getting of Wisdom
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1979
Production Company
Australian Film Commission (AFC)
Distribution Company
Darvill Associates; Village Roadshow Limited
Location
Australia
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 41m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States March 1979
Released in United States March 1979 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Contemporary Cinema) March 14-30, 1979.)
