Point of Departure (film)

Point of Departure
Directed by Henri Safran
Produced by Henri Safran
Based on play by Jean Anouilh
Starring James Condon
Liza Goddard
Distributed by ABC
Release date
 22 June 1966
Running time
 75 mins[1]
Country Australia
Language English

Point of Departure is a 1966 Australian TV film.[2] It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre.

Plot

A boy and a girl meet in a small provincial town at the beginning of German occupation in World War II.

Cast

  • Ross Thompson as Orpheus
  • Liza Goddard as Eurydice

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald write that Ross Thompson's "sensitive and convincing acting made the best of the obvious weaknesses in the plot itself."[3]

References

  1. ↑ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 499). 20 June 1966. p. 23. Retrieved 22 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "leisure – the arts MUSIC A satisfying experience". The Canberra Times. 17 June 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 23 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Wartime romance". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1966. p. 16.


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