The Getting of Wisdom
The Getting of Wisdom
Release: 1977-08-25
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 5.2
Drama
Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. 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.
Production Countries
Australia
Production Companies
Australian Film Commission
Cast
Hilary Ryan
as Evelyn
Patricia Kennedy
as Miss Chapman
Sheila Helpmann
as Mrs. Gurley
Candy Raymond
as Miss Zielinski
John Waters
as Rev. Shepherd
Sigrid Thornton
as Maria
Susannah Fowle
as Laura Tweedle Rambotham
Terence Donovan
as Tom McNamara
Barry Humphries
as Rev. Strachey
Kerry Armstrong
as Kate
