Wind from the Icy Country
Wind from the Icy Country is a 1964 Australian television play directed by Patrick Barton and starring Norman Kaye.
| Wind from the Icy Country | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Patrick Barton |
| Based on | play by Robert Amos |
| Starring | Norman Kaye |
Production company | ABC |
Release date | 19 August 1964 (Melbourne)[1] 30 September 1964[2] |
Running time | 65 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]
Premise
A German engineer, Ehrbar, who worked in China during the war encounters a Jewish doctor in an isolated Chinese mountain village in Paoshan, in the northwest. Ehrbar breaks down in a car with his companion, Ella, who is fleeing an unhappy marriage.
Cast
- Brian James as Rachmann
- Norman Kaye as Ehrbar
- Patsy King as Ella
- Kurt Ludescher as Captain Kang
- Neil Curnow as lt Mah
- Dawn Klinberg
- Roly Barlee
- Ray Angel
- Joseph Szabo
- Douglas Kelly*Clen Farmer
- Blaise Anthony
Production
Robert Amos adapted his radio play. Amos described the story as a drama on conscience in the style of Kafka.[4]
Reception
The TV critic for The Sydney Morning Herald thought that it proved that "when a play is completely focused on the working out of intense human conflicts at close range, television proves to be an excellent medium... Brian James made the doctor into a tragic and moving figure consumed by the torture of past experience."[5]
References
- "TV Guide". The Age. 13 August 1964. p. 35.
- "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 39 (10, 962). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 September 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- "Drama of Conscience Leaves it to the Viewers". The Age. 13 August 1964. p. 26.
- "Play from Melbourne". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 October 1964. p. 8.
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