A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.
Acting
Judy Davis simmers while Hugh Keays-Byrne terrifies with charm.
Production
Sydney never looked so period-perfect and politically rotten.
Writing
D.H. Lawrence's uncomfortable questions left intact.
Director
Tim Burstall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hugh Keays-Byrne later played Immortan Joe in Fury Road — same commanding menace, different desert.
Australia's real 1930s New Guard movement makes this uncomfortably historical, not speculative.
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