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Sisters of War (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Brendan Maher

Written By:
John Misto

Actors:
Claire van der Boom ..... Sister Berenice Twohill
Sarah Snook ..... Lorna Whyte
Khan Chittenden ..... Len
Anna Volska ..... Sister Cordula
Gerald Lepkowski ..... Bishop Leo Scharmach
Susie Porter ..... Kay Parker
Kuni Hashimoto ..... Japanese Captain
Kentaro Hara ..... Sugal
Helen Christinson ..... Cal
Helen Cassidy ..... Tootie
Catherine Miller ..... Sister Martha
Ben Taylor ..... Dave
Paulini Curuenavuli ..... Sister Marie
Ken Makio ..... Suzuki
Andrew Buchanan ..... Army Major
Peter Kent ..... Army Captain
Paul Bishop ..... Geoff Lempriere
Masa Yamaguchi ..... Japanese Captain (Totsuka)
Ken Senga ..... Japanese Guard
Kathryn Marquet ..... Grace
Emma Randall ..... Joyce
Amy Humphreys ..... Olive
Yutaka Izumihara ..... Japanese Lieutenant
Marcus Guinane ..... Les
Nick Wright ..... Jim
Mitchell Kennedy ..... Ron
Donna Handsley ..... German Nun
Maria Elisabet Nordenberg ..... German Nun
Koichi Waki ..... Japanese Soldier
Louis Toshio Okada ..... Japanese Soldier (as Louis Okada)
Andrew Wong ..... Japanese Soldier
Leon Cain ..... Male Orderly
Ty Hungerford ..... Major Bill Meanley
Tomoki Miyamoto ..... Japanese Guard (Yokohama) (as Tomo Miyamoto)
Chris Turner ..... Australian Digger
Shinji Ikefuji ..... Japanese Sergeant
T. Maxwell Smith ..... Wounded Soldier (as Tim Maxwell Otto Smith)
Michael Smith ..... Wounded Soldier
Amelia Grimmer ..... Jitterbug Dancer
Drew Ringsmuth ..... Jitterbug Dancer
Lee Perry ..... Newsreel Narrator (voice)

Synopsis:

In January 1942, the Japanese war machine thundered across South East Asia. In its path lay a tiny Catholic mission station Vunapope, on the island of New Britain. Here a handful of Australian nurses, led by Matron Kay Parker took refuge along with a number of wounded Australian soldiers. Abandoned by their commanding officers, they were left to face the Japanese alone. When the Japanese arrived at Vunapope, the nurses and their patients were saved from massacre by the mission's leader, Polish-born Bishop Leo Scharmach. This astonishing man bluffed the Japanese into believing that he was a personal friend of Hitler and that the mission was Hitler's property. In the dark days that followed, Sister Berenice and Lorna found themselves facing starvation, beatings and torture. Their beliefs were constantly tested, as was their friendship. Sister Berenice idolised Bishop Scharmach: Lorna was convinced he was a collaborator. The tiny mission became a setting for betrayal, heroism and death. And all the normal rules of war were broken. After six months, Lorna and Sister Berenice were separated. The Australian nurses were sent to Yokohama as part of a prisoner exchange. But the exchange program collapsed and the nurses found themselves trapped in war-time Japan, freezing and ravaged by disease. At the same time Sister Berenice, Bishop Scharmach and the nuns were taken to a dark, uninhabited jungle valley where they would be safe from air raids.

Set in 1942, Sisters of War is inspired by the true story of two extraordinary Australian women: Lorna Whyte, an army nurse and Sister Berenice Twohill, a Roman Catholic nun. Lorna and Sister Berenice and a small group of Australian nurses and nuns found themselves in the eye of the storm when Japanese military made them prisoners of war on the remote island of New Britain, part of Papua New Guinea. Despite their differences, Lorna and Sister Berenice's friendship would survive the incredible events that followed. A never before told story adapted from wartime diaries and interviews with Lorna, Sister Berenice and other survivors.

Sisters of War is a telemovie based on the true story of two Australian women, Lorna Whyte, an army nurse and Sister Berenice Twohill, a Catholic nun from New South Wales who survived as Prisoners of War in Papua New Guinea during World War II. Sisters of War was written by John Misto, produced by Andrew Wiseman and directed by Brendan Maher.[2] It made its debut at the Brisbane International Film Festival on 11 November, 2010.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 21 December, 2011.

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