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A Fortunate Life

4/10 1986 4K 90 min
Drama

At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced 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 WWI campaign at Gallipoli.

A Fortunate Life
Top Cast
Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison
Grandma Carr
Dale Randall
Dale Randall
Roy Facey
John Ley
John Ley
Eric Facey
Anthony Richards
Anthony Richards
Bert (9 Years)
Benedict Sweeney
Benedict Sweeney
Bert (14 Years)
Dominic Sweeney
Dominic Sweeney
Bert
Pat Bishop
Pat Bishop
Alice McCall
Paul Sonkkila
Paul Sonkkila
Archie McCall
Jeffrey Rhoe
Jeffrey Rhoe
Jock McKay
Maurie Ogden
Maurie Ogden
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