A Fortunate Life (1986)

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Country: Australia
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Release: 1986-03-09
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: English
Stars: Bill Kerr , Dorothy Alison , Dale Randall , John Ley , Dominic Sweeney , Dominic Sweeney , Anthony Richards , Benedict Sweeney , Pat Bishop , Paul Sonkkila , Jeffrey Rhoe
Runtime: 95 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: A Fortunate Life (Australia) , A Fortunate Life , Bert, la lucha de un hombre contra todo (Spain)
Plot: This four-part miniseries is based on A. B. Facey's best-selling autobiographical novel, which tells of the early trials and tribulations of Bert Facey. At eight years old, he was forced by economic circumstances to start the backbreaking, dawn to dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody First World War campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula. Despite this early deprivation, he finds happiness in his marriage in 1915 to his wife of nearly sixty years, Evelyn. A Fortunate Life is an inspirational tale of one man's struggle against seemingly overwhelming barriers to achieve peace and contentment.
IMDB:tt0129681