Golden Fiddles - 2-DVD Set

Golden Fiddles - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
178 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1991 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Claude Fournier

Written By:
Mary Grant Bruce
Sheila Sibley

Actors:
John Bach ..... Walter Balfour
Peter Braunstein ..... Mr. Powell
Justine Clarke ..... Liddy Powell
Roger Cordwell ..... Bishop
Cameron Daddo ..... Norman Balfour
Wallas Eaton ..... Govenor
Hamish Fletcher ..... Bob Balfour
Emma Jane Fowler ..... Rose Powell
Rachel Friend ..... Kitty Balfour
Pippa Grandison ..... Elsa Balfour
Penne Hackforth-Jones ..... Mrs. Craig
Edwin Hodgeman ..... Abenesi
Charles Mayer ..... Philippe Allard
Kate Nelligan ..... Anne Balfour
Gerda Nicolson ..... Miss Birrell

Synopsis:

Adapted from the 1928 novel by Mary Grant Bruce, author of the popular Billabong series of children's books, Golden Fiddles is a life-affirming family drama, exploring the hardships and ever-present turmoil during the Great Depression. Walter and Anne Balfour's small South Australian farm yields barely enough to feed them and their four children. With little money to speak of and the bank hounding them for monthly mortgage payments, life is anything but blissful. Forced to sell a beloved pony to make ends meet and yearning to provide a better life for his family, Walter is a broken man. But when Anne receives a letter informing her that her recently deceased uncle has bequeathed a sum of over 400,000 pounds, the Belfour's face a dramatic change in both lifestyle and location. Optimism reigns, with plans to uproot the family and leave their small farm for the bustling city of Adelaide. The Belfour's begin an exciting journey, where their good fortune and new-found wealth will challenge and change each and every one of them in ways they never quite imagined. Accurately capturing an era of economic and social upheaval, this Logie Award winning Australian/Canadian miniseries, from the producer of Sara Dane, Under Capricorn and Robbery Under Arms features Justine Clarke, Cameron Daddo, John Bach, Kate Nelligan, Pippa Grandison and Penne Hackforth-Jones.

Australian mini-series based on a novel by Mary Grant Bruce, about an impoverished family in the Depression who suddenly inherit a huge fortune, looking at the effects this has on them and their lives and their discovery that their wealth is a double-edged sword.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 29 July, 2012.

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