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Cowra Breakout

Year of completion
1985
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
MiniSeries
Genre
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Duration
10 x 60 minute episodes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

In 1944 1100 Japanese POWs, based in Cowra, charged over a barbed wire fence and into the firing line of Australian guards. 230 prisoners were killed and the massacre was kept secret for 30 years.
Completion Year
1985
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Format
MiniSeries
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Writer

Russell Braddon, Sally Gibson, Margaret Kelly, Chris Noonan

Director of Photography

Geoff Burton ACS

Editor

Henry Dangar, Richard Francis-Bruce, Neil Thumpston

Producer

Terry Hayes, George Miller

Production Designer

Bernard Hides

Executive Producer

Byron Kennedy, Doug Mitchell

Composer

Bill Motzing

Director

Chris Noonan, Phillip Noyce

Cast

Alan David Lee, Junichi Ishida, Max Cullen, Tracy Mann, Dennis Miller

Awards

1985 — NSW Premier's Literary Awards

1985 — Television Society of Australia

1985 — Television Society of Australia

1985 — Australian Cinematographers Society Awards National

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Cowra Breakout

Sales

Australian Sales

International Sales

Southern Star Primetime

Production Company

Kennedy Miller

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