Displaced Persons (1985)

Original title

Displaced Person

Directed by

Geoffrey Nottage

Genre

drama, war, family

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1945, refugees come to Australia after World War Two. The film follows their experiences settling into a new country.

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What happens

Displaced Persons is a 1985 Australian TV movie about refugees arriving in Australia in 1945. It was the first script written by Louis Nowra, who was inspired by a book he read about displaced people in Australia after World War Two. He wrote it in three days and sent it to the ABC who agreed to make it. The movie was well received and Nowra went on to write a number of works for the ABC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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