Publisher: Umbrella Entertainment Run time: 367mins Year: 1985 Release date: 16/05/2008 RRP: $ 29.99
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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.
Adapted from A.B. Facey's best-selling autobiographical novel, this is
the extraordinary tale of an ordinary Aussie battler, and remains one
of the great Australian miniseries. In the tradition of A Town Like
Alice and Sara Dane, the complete four chapters of this epic television
event finally comes to DVD.
Part I: Starting Out (1897-1905)
Bert Facey's tormented early years through his father's death and harsh economic depression
Part II: Bush Schooling (1905-1908)
Bert goes to work for the Phillips, a childless couple who treat him as one of the family
Part III: Journey (1908-1914)
Reunited with his mother after 12 years, Bert soon moves north to seek work.
Part IV: Providence (1914-1916)
A champion prize fighter, Bert enlists when WWI breaks out, surviving the nightmare of Gallipoli.
