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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date2009-09-24
Languageen
Runtime1h 44m
Production

Screen Australia, Noise & Light, Inspiration Studios, Savage Films

5.4(53)
•2009•1h 44m

Van Diemen's Land

"Hunger is a strange silence"

DramaHistoryThriller

Overview

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.

Cinematography
Ellery Ryan

Principal Cast

13 credited
OR
Oscar ReddingAlexander Pearce
Arthur Angel
Arthur AngelRobert Greenhill
PA
Paul AshcroftMatthew Travers
Mark Leonard Winter
Mark Leonard WinterAlexander Dalton
TN
Torquil NeilsonJohn Mathers
Thomas M. Wright
Thomas M. WrightThomas Bodenham
Greg Stone
Greg StoneWilliam Kennerly
JF
John Francis HowardLittle Brown
MW
Matt WilsonDuty Soldier
Adrian Mulraney
Adrian MulraneyLogan

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