Between wars

In 1918, Edward Trenbow, a young Australian doctor serving in World War I is assigned to a mental hospital and befriends a German prisoner-of-war, Dr Karl Schneider. From him he learns of the controversial theories of Sigmund Freud but loses interest when moved to a Sydney mental hospital. Stars Corin Redgrave, Arthur Dignam and Judy Morris.

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Credits

director

Michael Thornhill

production company

Edgecliff Films

Duration

01:40:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300998

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

History → Australia - History

History → History

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

MPEG-1 Digital File - 2MB Rate; Copy

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q4899130

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Australia, 1974

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