Wind from the Icy Country
1964 Australian TV series or program
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Wind from the Icy Country is a 1964 Australian television play directed by Patrick Barton and starring Norman Kaye.[4]
| Wind from the Icy Country | |
|---|---|
| Based on | play by Robert Amos |
| Directed by | Patrick Barton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 65 mins |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Release | 19 August 1964 (Melbourne)[1] |
| Release | 30 September 1964[2] |
| Release | 16 September 1964 (Brisbane)[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.[5]
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."[6]
