The Getting of Wisdom

Name: The Getting of Wisdom
Director: Bruce Beresford
Genre: Drama
Released: 1977-08-25T
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Susannah Fowle, Hilary Ryan, Terence Donovan, Patricia Kennedy, Sheila Helpmann

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The Getting of Wisdom is based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Her novel is thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. The film is about a young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.

Actor: Susannah Fowle, Hilary Ryan, Terence Donovan, Patricia Kennedy, Sheila Helpmann, Candy Raymond, Barry Humphries, John Waters, Kerry Armstrong, Sigrid Thornton

Director: Bruce Beresford

Years: 1977

Country: Australia

Quality: HD

Production: Australian Film Commission

The Getting of Wisdom

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