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The Public Prosecutor (1960)

The Public Prosecutor poster
Directed by
William Sterling
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A television play set during the French Revolution. It follows a public prosecutor involved in the political upheaval of the time.

historicalseriousdialogue-drivenstagedtenseperioddramatic

What happens

The Public Prosecutor is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the French Revolution and was based on a play by Fritz Hochwälder. It was shown live in Melbourne in July 1958 but did not screen in Sydney until 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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