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Van Diemen's Land
“Hunger is a strange silence”
5.4 / 10• 2009• 1h 44m•NR• English
DramaHistoryThriller
Storyline
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
Cast & Crew
OR
Oscar Redding
Alexander Pearce
Lead
Arthur Angel
Robert Greenhill
PA
Paul Ashcroft
Matthew Travers
Mark Leonard Winter
Alexander Dalton
TN
Torquil Neilson
John Mathers
Thomas M. Wright
Thomas Bodenham
Greg Stone
William Kennerly
JF
John Francis Howard
Little Brown
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jonathan auf der Heide's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Van Diemen's Land is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
