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Film Details
- Pro-ject Filmproduktion; Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion,1984
Producers:
Werner Herzog and Lucki Stipetic (producers).
Production Companies:
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
Pro-ject Filmproduktion.
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.
Director of Photography:
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein.
Editors:
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus.
Production Designers:
Trevor Orford.
Music:
Wandjuk Marika.
Cast:
Including Bruce Spence (Lance Hackett), Wandjuk Marika (Miliritbi), Roy Marika (Dayipu), Ray Barrett (Cole), Norman Kaye (Baldwin Ferguson), Ralph Cotterill (Fletcher), Nick Lathouris (Arnold), Basil Clarke (Judge Blackburn), and Ray Marshall (Solicitor General Coulthard).
Release Dates:
Premiered May 1984 (Cannes Film Festival).
Released in West Germany on 31 August 1984.
Premiered in the US in January 1985 (Sundance Film Festival).
Released in Australia in 1985.
Location:
Filmed in Victoria and South Australia.
Awards:
German Film Festival, Best Cinematography [Beste Kamera/Bildgestaltung] (won), 1984.
German Film Festival, Outstanding Feature Film [Bester Spielfilm] (won), 1984.
Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or (nominated), 1984.
