The Dunera Boys

• Directors: Ben Lewin; Sam Lewin
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Message Movie, POW Drama
• Themes: Race Relations
• Release Year: 1985
• Country: AU
• Run Time: 150 minutes

Plot

Dunera Boys is all the more incredible when one realizes that it is founded in truth. At the beginning of the second World War, the English government sanctioned the arrest of any German nationals suspected of being spies. Among these was a group of Jewish refugees, as well as several completely assimilated British subjects. Fishmonger Bob Hoskins, who despite his Germanic background is as British as they come, is rounded up along with the other "undesirables," herded aboard the HMT Dunera, and shipped off to a POW camp in Australia. This lumpy but involving film details Hoskins' futile efforts to make the best of his bizarre plight. The Dunera Boys was originally produced for Australian television; for its American release, it was given an R rating for violence and language. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Simon Chilvers; Dita Cobb; Sally Cooper - Kath; Mary-Anne Fahey; Joseph Furst; Bob Hoskins; Moshe Kedem; John Meillon; Warren Mitchell; Joe Spano; Steven Vidler

Credit

Ben Lewin - Director, Sam Lewin - Director

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