Van Diemen's Land (2009)

09/24/2009 (AU) • Drama, History, Thriller • 1h 44m

Hunger is a strange silence

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.

Van Diemen's Land (2009)

09/24/2009 (AU) • 1h 44m

Drama, History, Thriller

Hunger is a strange silence

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.

Top Billed Cast

Alexander Pearce

Robert Greenhill

Matthew Travers

Mark Leonard Winter

Alexander Dalton

Torquil Neilson

John Mathers

Thomas M. Wright

Thomas Bodenham

William Kennerly

John Francis Howard

Little Brown

Duty Soldier

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

australia

wilderness

based on true story

prison escape

escaped convict

survival

murder

cannibal

tasmania

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