The Alien Years (1988)
- Directed by
- Donald Crombie
- Genre
- historical drama
- Country
- Australia
- Length
- 1 season, 3 episodes
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An Australian miniseries about immigrants struggling to build new lives in a harsh new country. It follows their personal and social challenges over time.
periodslow-pacedearnestsombercharacter-drivenhistoricalgrounded
What happens
The Alien Years is a three-part miniseries that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on 19 April 1988. It was directed by Donald Crombie and written by Peter Yeldham. It stars Victoria Longley, John Hargreaves, Christoph Waltz. Yeldham later adapted his screenplay into a novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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