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Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’

Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’

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📜 Overview: First there was ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, then ‘My Brilliant Career’, and now best of all ‘The Getting of Wisdom’. It is incomparably moving and powerful.
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📆 Date Released: 2006-03-06
⌚ Running Time: 83 mins
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Beloved Cast

Phillip Adams original image
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Phillip Adams
Bruce Beresford original image
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Bruce Beresford
Kim Deacon original image
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Kim Deacon
Susannah Fowle original image
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Susannah Fowle
Barry Humphries original image
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Barry Humphries
John Waters original image
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John Waters
Candy Raymond original image
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Candy Raymond
Donald McAlpine original image
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Donald McAlpine

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