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| released = 30 September 1964<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131751348 |title=WEDNESDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=10,962 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=28 September 1964 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
| released = 19 August 1964 (Melbourne)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=13 August 1964|title=TV Guide|page=35}}</ref><br>30 September 1964<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131751348 |title=WEDNESDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=10,962 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=28 September 1964 |accessdate=19 February 2017 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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==Premise== |
==Premise== |
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A German engineer who worked in China during the war encounters a Jewish doctor in an isolated Chinese mountain village. |
A German engineer, Ehrbar, who worked in China during the war encounters a Jewish doctor in an isolated Chinese mountain village in Paoshan, in the northwest. Ehrbar breaks down in a car with his companion, Ella, who is fleeing an unhappy marriage. |
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==Cast== |
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*Brian James |
*Brian James as Rachmann |
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*Norman Kaye |
*Norman Kaye as Ehrbar |
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*Patsy King as Ella |
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*Kurt Ludescher as Captain Kang |
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*Neil Curnow as lt Mah |
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*Dawn Klinberg |
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*Roly Barlee |
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*Ray Angel |
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*Joseph Szabo |
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*Douglas Kelly*Clen Farmer |
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*Blaise Anthony |
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==Production== |
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Robert Amos adapted his radio play. Amos described the story as a drama on conscience in the style of Kafka.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Drama of Conscience Leaves it to the Viewers|date=13 August 1964|page=26}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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The TV critic for ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' thought that it proved that "when a play is completely focused on the working out of intense human conflicts at close range, television proves to be an excellent medium... Brian James made the doctor into a tragic and moving figure consumed by the torture of past experience."<ref>{{cite news|title=Play from Melbourne|date=1 October 1964|page=8}}</ref> |
The TV critic for ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' thought that it proved that "when a play is completely focused on the working out of intense human conflicts at close range, television proves to be an excellent medium... Brian James made the doctor into a tragic and moving figure consumed by the torture of past experience."<ref>{{cite news|title=Play from Melbourne|date=1 October 1964|page=8}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:46, 2 June 2020
| Wind from the Icy Country | |
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| Directed by | Patrick Barton |
| Based on | play by Robert Amos |
| Starring | Norman Kaye |
Production company | ABC |
Release dates | 19 August 1964 (Melbourne)[1] 30 September 1964[2] |
Running time | 65 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Wind from the Icy Country is a 1964 Australian television play directed by Patrick Barton and starring Norman Kaye.
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]
Premise
A German engineer, Ehrbar, who worked in China during the war encounters a Jewish doctor in an isolated Chinese mountain village in Paoshan, in the northwest. Ehrbar breaks down in a car with his companion, Ella, who is fleeing an unhappy marriage.
Cast
- Brian James as Rachmann
- Norman Kaye as Ehrbar
- Patsy King as Ella
- Kurt Ludescher as Captain Kang
- Neil Curnow as lt Mah
- Dawn Klinberg
- Roly Barlee
- Ray Angel
- Joseph Szabo
- Douglas Kelly*Clen Farmer
- Blaise Anthony
Production
Robert Amos adapted his radio play. Amos described the story as a drama on conscience in the style of Kafka.[4]
Reception
The TV critic for The Sydney Morning Herald thought that it proved that "when a play is completely focused on the working out of intense human conflicts at close range, television proves to be an excellent medium... Brian James made the doctor into a tragic and moving figure consumed by the torture of past experience."[5]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 13 August 1964. p. 35.
- ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 10, 962. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 September 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Drama of Conscience Leaves it to the Viewers". The Age. 13 August 1964. p. 26.
- ^ "Play from Melbourne". 1 October 1964. p. 8.
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