| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, 104 min., 0 sec.) |
| Summary |
Hunger is a strange silence. The true story of Australia's most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous escape 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. The entrance to its remote station of secondary punishment, Macquarie Harbour, was named 'Hells Gates' by its prisoners as a reference to the gates of hell in Dante's 'Inferno' - "Abandon all hope ye who enter here"--Was plastered at the Harbour's mouth as a warning to all souls sent there. In 1822, eight convicts escaped Macquarie Harbour in a fateful bid for freedom. This band of Irish, English and Scottish thieves were immediately hurled into chaos as their plan failed and they were thrust into the heart of a harsh and foreboding landscape. With little food or equipment, in a place these immigrants knew little about, they battled a merciless enemy - the unforgiving, barren land - a land where God wields an axe |
| Credits |
Director: Jonathan auf der Heide ; written by Jonathan auf der Heide and Oscar Redding |
| Event |
Originally produced by Madman Entertainment in 2008 |
| Notes |
Produced [Collingwood, Vic.]., Madman Entertainment [distributor], [c2009] |
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Originally released [Australia], Noise & Light Pty. Ltd., [2009] |
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In English and Gaelic with English subtitles |
| Subject |
Pearce, Alexander, approximately 1790-1824 -- Drama
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| SUBJECT |
Pearce, Alexander, approximately 1790-1824. fast (OCoLC)fst01840594 |
| Subject |
Prisoners -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Macquarie Harbour -- 19th century -- Drama
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Escapes -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Macquarie Harbour -- 19th century -- Drama
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Cannibalism -- Australia -- Tasmania -- 19th century -- Drama
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Cannibalism.
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Escapes.
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Prisoners.
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Tasmania.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Pearce, Alexander
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Auf Der Heide, Jonathan
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Redding, Oscar
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