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Uncivilised (1936)

Uncivilised poster
Directed by
Charles Chauvel
Genre
adventure film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A white woman living in a remote Australian Aboriginal community is discovered by an explorer. The film follows a commercial Tarzan-like adventure story.

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What happens

Uncivilised is a 1936 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel. It was an attempt by Chauvel to make a more obviously commercial film, and was clearly influenced by Tarzan. The film is known as Uncivilized and Pituri in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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