The Harp in the South

The Harp in the South (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
243 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
George Whaley

Written By:
Ruth Park
George Whaley

Actors:
Anne Phelan ..... Mumma Darcy
Martyn Sanderson ..... Hughie Darcy
Anna Hruby ..... Roie Darcy
Kaarin Fairfax ..... Dolour Darcy
Gwen Plumb ..... Grandma Kilker
Syd Conabere ..... Pat Diamond
Melissa Jaffer ..... Miss Sheily
Shane Connor ..... Charlie Rothe
Brandon Burke ..... Tommy Mendel
Ken Radley ..... Johnny Sheily
Lois Ramsey ..... Mrs. Campion
Cecil Parkee ..... Lick Jimmy
Carole Skinner ..... Delie Stock
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell ..... Father Cooley
Kirrily Nolan ..... Sister Theophilus
Dinah Shearing ..... Sister Beatrix
Arthur Sherman ..... Mr. Gunnarson
Susan Leith ..... Francie
Valerie Bader ..... Gloria
Emily Crook ..... Addie
Franca Rubiu ..... Mrs. Siciliano
George Rubiu ..... Mr. Siciliano
Pat Thomson ..... Mrs. Drummy
Robert Baxter ..... Mr. Drummy
Fiona Stewart ..... Grace Drummy
Connor Fitzpatrick ..... Harry Drummy
Angela Gauci ..... Tonetta Siciliano
Carmela Care ..... Rosina Siciliano
Raina McKeon ..... Chocolate Molly
Simon Gratton ..... Birdie Wren
Louise Cullen ..... Phyllis
Madeleine Blackwell ..... Flo
Clive Marshall ..... Ted
Alan Nurthen ..... Bernie
Grant Wilson ..... Brett
John Clayton ..... Jim
Lynne Porteous ..... Else
Max Rowley ..... Terry Lawrence
Russell Harvey ..... Announcer
Anne Harvey ..... Murphy St. receptionist
Suzette Williams ..... Stella
Brian McNevin ..... Father Hyde
May Pusey ..... Sister Rose
Paul Coolahan ..... Publican
Harry Weiss ..... Doctor
Doug Scroope ..... Lottery prize clerk
Tom Farley ..... Lottery prize winner
Barry McMahon ..... Drunk
William Harris ..... Cafe man
Rebecca Marshall ..... Philly Gall
Brendan Rammage ..... Joe
Lyn Collingwood ..... Nursing sister
Shirley Sheppard ..... Nursing sister
Pamela Morrissey ..... Nursing sister
Kay Eklund ..... Market stallholder
Carmel Cullen ..... Auditorium woman
Michael Sommerville ..... Policeman
David Clapham ..... Policeman
Julian Burroughs ..... Policeman (as Andrew Dungan)
Alan McQueen ..... Policeman
Mark Slocum ..... Sailor
Sepp Disch ..... Sailor
Paul Gleeson ..... Teddy
Saviour Sammut ..... Dimitri
Bill Pearson ..... Factory foreman
Laurie Moran ..... Railways foreman
Elizabeth Faithfull ..... Hairdresser
Jeremy Halpin ..... Market larrikin
Greg Brown ..... Neighbourhood Kid

Synopsis:

Welcome to 12 1/2 Plymouth Street, in Sydney's Surry Hills. This is the home of the Aussie Irish Catholic family, The Darcys as lovingly told by Award-winning author Ruth Park. In The harp In The South and Poor Man's Orange, Park tells of the trials and tribulations of growing up in a Sydney slum in the years immediately following the Second World war. In The Harp in the South we first meet The Darcy's a poor, working class family of tough Irish stock - Mumma (Anne Phelan), dad Hughie (Martyn Sanderson), Roie (Anna Hruby), Grandma Kilker (Gwen Plumb) and the younger daughter Dolour (Kaarin Fairfax), through whose eyes we hear their story. A story that centers on the bittersweet first and last loves of Roie, who becomes a woman too quickly living among the tenement houses, gangs, brothels and sly-grog shops of inner city Surry Hills. The Darcy family's story is continued on the companion DVD 'Poor Man's Orange'.

Mini-series, based on the novel by Ruth Park, adapted by Eleanor Witcombe. Set in Sydney after WWII, and tells the story of an Irish-Australian family.

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

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