Point of Departure (film)
Point of Departure is a 1966 Australian television film.[6] It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[7]
| "Point of Departure" | |
|---|---|
| Wednesday Theatre episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 25 |
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Teleplay by | play by Jean Anouilh |
| Original air date | 22 June 1966 (Sydney)[1] 29 June 1966 (Melbourne)[2][3] 27 July 1966 (Brisbane)[4] |
| Running time | 75 mins[5] |
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
- Tom Oliver
- Patricia Hill
- Raymond Westwell
- Diana Davidson
- James Condon
Production
Ross Thompson had previously been in The Pigeon for Australian Playhouse. He had Goddard had acted in a scene together in They're a Weird Mob. Point of Departure had a cast of fifteen.[4]
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."[8]
References
- "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1966. p. 23.
- "Untitled". The Age. 23 June 1966. p. 15.
- "TV Guide". The Age. 23 June 1966. p. 29.
- "Teenagers star in French love story". TV Times. 20 July 1966. p. 10.
- "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 499). 20 June 1966. p. 23. Retrieved 22 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "leisure – the arts MUSIC A satisfying experience". The Canberra Times. 17 June 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 23 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- JP (20 June 1966). "Wartime romance". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 16.
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