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Silver City (1984)

Silver City (1984)

Drama Romance History

New Land… New Life… New Love…

Release Date: 1984, September 27
Directors: Sophia Turkiewicz
Countries: Australia
Cast: Steve Bisley, Katy Brinson, Debra Lawrance, Tim McKenzie, Małgorzata Dobrowolska, Ivar Kants, Anna Maria Monticelli

Overview:

After World War II, 4,000 Polish families came to Australia. They were Jews, Fascists, anti-Communists, and others dispossessed. In a large hostel, where even married men and women were housed in separate barracks, the adults lived for two years while they worked off the government's payment of their passage. Even though he is married to Anna and has a son, Julian falls in love with Nina and she with him. As they and others face the new situations and prejudices that await immigrants and as they take on aspects of Australian culture, old-country values reassert themselves. Julian decides what to do about love and family, and Nina must find a way to move on.

Keywords:

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