A Fortunate Life (1986)

04/27/1986 (EN) • Drama • 1h 30m

Overview

At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli.

A Fortunate Life (1986)

04/27/1986 (EN) • 1h 30m

Drama

Overview

At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli.

Top Billed Cast

Dorothy Allison

Grandma Carr

4 Episodes

Roy Facey

4 Episodes

Eric Facey

4 Episodes

Anthony Richards

Bert (9 Years)

4 Episodes

Benedict Sweeney

Bert (14 Years)

4 Episodes

Dominic Sweeney

Bert

4 Episodes

Alice McCall

4 Episodes

Archie McCall

4 Episodes

Jock McKay

4 Episodes

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Last Season

1986 | 4 Episodes

Season 1 of A Fortunate Life premiered on April 27, 1986.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

world war i

biography

australia

miniseries

colonialism

18th century

historical drama

gallipoli campaign

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