A Sound of Trumpets
| A Sound of Trumpets | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Donald Bull |
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Original release | |
| Release | 3 June 1964 (Sydney) |
A Sound of Trumpets is a 1964 Australian drama directed by Henri Safran.[1]
Premise
[edit | edit source]A family want to adopt a refugee boy.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Nigel Lovell
- Henry Gilbert
- Peter Wagner
- Mark McManus
- Philippa Baker
- Janice Dinnen as Pam
Reception
[edit | edit source]The Sydney Morning Herald criticised the "excessive detail" and called it "dour, plodding, earnest" but said it "explored its chosen situation thoroughly enough to illuminate not so much a social problem as the complex interdependence of ordinary family life."[2]
The Bulletin said "this banal story, of an insufferable do-gooder and his equally insufferable family of long-suffering stereotypes faced with practising what they preach in the adoption of a refugee boy, rubbed its second-hand humanity in the audience's face with all the subtlety of Sonny Liston wielding a nine-pound hammer. Only Janice Dinnen’s remarkably mature performance as the eldest daughter and Ethel Gabriel’s complaining grandmother achieved any semblance of sympathy or credibility."[3]
See also
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External links
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