The Battlers
Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.
- Zhanri: Drama, TV Movie
- Studio: South Australian Film Corporation
- Fjalen: depression era, bar fight, busker, nomad, migratory workers, horse drawn carriage
- Cast: Gary Sweet, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marcus Graham, Peter Stonham, Richard Piper, Amanda Cross
