For the Term of His Natural Life (1983)

Directed by

Rob Stewart

Genre

action & adventure, drama, crime

Country

Australia

Runtime

2h

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Englishman is wrongly convicted of a crime and transported to a harsh Australian penal colony in the 1800s. He endures brutal conditions and strives to prove his innocence.

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What happens

For the Term of His Natural Life is a 1983 Australian three-part, six-hour television miniseries based on the classic 1874 novel of the same name by Marcus Clarke. Each episode aired for two hours on Nine Network on 23 May, 30 May and 6 June 1983. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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