fiction.wikisort.org - Movie

Between Wars is an Australian 1974 drama/war film released on 15 November 1974. It was directed by Michael Thornhill and written by Frank Moorhouse.

Between Wars
Directed by	Michael Thornhill
Written by	Frank Moorhouse
Produced by	Michael Thornhill
Starring	Corin Redgrave
Cinematography	Russell Boyd
Edited by	Max Lemon
Music by	Adrian Ford
Production companies	Edgecliff Films McElroy and McElroy T and M Films
Distributed by	Vincent Library Umbrella Entertainment
Release date	15 November 1974
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$320,000[1]

Plot

This section is in list format but may read better as prose. (May 2016)

Four episodes in the life of doctor Edward Trenbow:

• In 1918 Trenbow is treating shell-shocked soldiers from the front.
• In the 1920s he works as a psychiatrist at the Sydney insane asylum and becomes involved in experiments in Freudian psychiatry, which bring him to the attention of a Royal Commission.
• In the 1930s he works as a doctor in a small country town and becomes involved in a fight against the New Guard.
• In 1939 he is working in Sydney as a psychiatrist and tries to defend a German psychiatrist who is being interned as a member of the Australia First Movement. ^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Corin Redgrave as Dr Edward Trenbow
• Judy Morris as Deborah Trenbow
• Gunter Meisner as Dr Karl Schneider
• Arthur Dignam as Dr Peter Avante
• Patricia Leehy as Marguerite
• Jone Winchester as Deborah's mother
• Brian James as Deborah's father
• Reg Gillam as Trenbow's father
• Betty Lucas as Trenbow's mother
• Neil Fitzpatrick as Lance Backhouse^{[citation needed]}

Production

Director Michael Thornhill was good friends with writer Frank Moorhouse and they had worked together on several short films. Moorehouse wrote the script in 1970, originally for television[2] and it was revived a few years later. Half the budget came from the Australian Film Development Corporation and the other half from a property developer.[1][3]

Filming took place over six weeks in February and March 1974 with interiors at the former studios of Cinesound Productions at Bondi and locations in Gulgong and Melbourne.[1] It was the first feature from cinematographer Russell Boyd.[4]

Release

Thornhill decided to distribute the film himself at first. Initial reviews were good but the box office performance was not strong and distribution was taken over by the Vincent Library.[1] The movie did not return its cost.[2]

Home Media

Between Wars was released on DVD by Umbrella Entertainment in January 2011. The DVD is compatible with all region codes.[5]

Awards

In 1976, the Australian Cinematographers Society awarded the film's cinematographer Russell Boyd with Cinematographer of the Year award for the film.

References

External links

• Between Wars at IMDb
• Between Wars review at The New York Times
• Between Wars at Oz Movies

---