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The Dunera Boys (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
150 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Ben Lewin

Written By:
Ben Lewin

Actors:
Joseph Spano ..... Alexander Engelhardt
Bob Hoskins ..... Morrie Mendellsohn
Joseph Fürst ..... The Baron (as Joseph Furst)
Mary-Anne Fahey ..... Naomi Mendellsohn
Simon Chilvers ..... Col. Berry
Steven Vidler ..... Tropp
Moshe Kedem ..... Rabbi Aronfeld
John Meillon ..... Brig. Templeton
Warren Mitchell ..... Mr. Baum
Paul Mason ..... Friedkin
Kirk Alexander ..... Capt. Webber
Julia Blake ..... Mum
Max Bruch ..... Artaker
Sally Cooper ..... Kath
Marcel Cugola ..... Aviam

Synopsis:

Dunera Boys is all the more incredible when one realizes that it is founded in truth. At the beginning of the second World War, the English government sanctioned the arrest of any German nationals suspected of being spies. Among these was a group of Jewish refugees, as well as several completely assimilated British subjects. Fishmonger Bob Hoskins, who despite his Germanic background is as British as they come, is rounded up along with the other 'undesirables,' herded aboard the HMT Dunera, and shipped off to a POW camp in Australia. This lumpy but involving film details Hoskins' futile efforts to make the best of his bizarre plight. The Dunera Boys was originally produced for Australian television; for its American release, it was given an R rating for violence and language.

Drama. The story of German and Austrian Jewish immigrants in Britain who were rounded up as enemy aliens at the outbreak of World War II and shipped aboard the HMT Dunera to prison camps in Australia.

Jewish refugees during WWII are mistaken to be Nazi spies, but ultimately triumph over their imprisonment in the Australian outback.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 26 March, 2009.

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