Movie: The Getting of Wisdom

Top 10 Billed Cast

Susannah Fowle
Susannah Fowle

Laura Tweedle Rambotham

Hilary Ryan
Hilary Ryan

Evelyn

Terence Donovan
Terence Donovan

Tom McNamara

Patricia Kennedy
Patricia Kennedy

Miss Chapman

Sheila Helpmann
Sheila Helpmann

Mrs. Gurley

Candy Raymond
Candy Raymond

Miss Zielinski

Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries

Rev. Strachey

John Waters
John Waters

Rev. Shepherd

Kerry Armstrong
Kerry Armstrong

Kate

Sigrid Thornton
Sigrid Thornton

Maria

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    The Getting of Wisdom is based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Her novel is thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. The film is about a young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.

  • Release Date

    1977-08-25

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English

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