Van Diemen's Land (2009)

  • MA15+
  • 02/26/2009 (AU)
  • Drama, History, Thriller
  • 1h 44m

Hunger is a strange silence

Overview

The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.

Jonathan auf der Heide

Director, Screenplay

Oscar Redding

Screenplay

Cast

Arthur Angel's headshot

Arthur Angel

Robert Greenhill
Paul Ashcroft's headshot

Paul Ashcroft

Matthew Travers
Mark Leonard Winter's headshot

Mark Leonard Winter

Alexander Dalton
Torquil Neilson's headshot

Torquil Neilson

John Mathers
Greg Stone's headshot

Greg Stone

William Kennerly
John Francis Howard's headshot

John Francis Howard

Little Brown
Oscar Redding's headshot

Oscar Redding

Alexander Pearce
Thomas M. Wright's headshot

Thomas M. Wright

Thomas Bodenham

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