The Breaking of the Drought (1920)
- Directed by
- Franklyn Barrett
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is an Australian silent film from 1920. It tells a story set during a drought, where a family faces hardship and personal conflicts.
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What happens
The Breaking of the Drought is a 1920 Australian silent film from director Franklyn Barrett based on the popular play by Bland Holt and Arthur Shirley. According to Graham Phillips, this film is one of the most damaged in Australia's film archive, although few sequences have severe damage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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