| The Alien Years | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Screenplay by | Peter Yeldham |
| Directed by | Donald Crombie |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Gavin Mason |
| Theme music composer | Bruce Smeaton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producers |
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| Cinematography | Peter Hendry |
| Editor | Tom Kavanagh |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Budget | $5.8 million.[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Release | 19 April 1988 (1988-04-19) – 1988 (1988) |
The Alien Years is a three-partminiseries that first aired on theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation on 19 April 1988. It was directed byDonald Crombie and written byPeter Yeldham. It starsVictoria Longley,John Hargreaves,Christoph Waltz.[2] Yeldham later adapted his screenplay into a novel of the same name.[3]
Elizabeth Parsons (Victoria Longley) is the daughter of an important figure in the Australian government. She falls for and ultimately marries Stefan (Christoph Waltz), a German national. They move to South Australia to run a vineyard but their peace is disturbed by the outbreak of theFirst World War. The government orders that all German nationals living in Australia must be imprisoned.
The series took three months to produce and was partly shot inHahndorf in theAdelaide Hills andBethany in theBarossa Valley.[4]
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