# Between Wars > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Between_Wars > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Between_Wars.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Wars > Source revision: 1339287194 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use Australian English|date=October 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Between Wars | image =File:Between_Wars_DVD_cover_(lo_res).jpg | caption =DVD cover | director = [Michael Thornhill](/source/Michael_Thornhill) | producer = Michael Thornhill | writer = [Frank Moorhouse](/source/Frank_Moorhouse) | narrator = | starring = [Corin Redgrave](/source/Corin_Redgrave) | music = Adrian Ford | cinematography = [Russell Boyd](/source/%3Aen%3ARussell_Boyd) | editing = Max Lemon | studio = Edgecliff Films
McElroy and McElroy
T and M Films | distributor =Vincent Library
Umbrella Entertainment | released = {{Film date|1974|11|15|df=yes}} | runtime = 101 minutes | country = Australia | language = English | budget = A$320,000Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p281-282 | gross = }} '''''Between Wars''''' is an Australian 1974 [drama](/source/Drama_film)/[war film](/source/war_film) released on 15 November 1974. It was [directed](/source/Film_director) by [Michael Thornhill](/source/Michael_Thornhill) and written by [Frank Moorhouse](/source/Frank_Moorhouse). ==Plot== {{Prose|section|date=May 2016}} The film examines four periods in the life of (the fictitious) doctor Edward Trenbow: *In 1918 Trenbow is treating shell-shocked soldiers from the front. *In the 1920s he works as a psychiatrist at the [Sydney](/source/Sydney) insane asylum and becomes involved in experiments in Freudian psychiatry, which bring him to the attention of a Royal Commission. *In the 1930s he works as a doctor in a small country town and becomes involved in a fight against the [New Guard](/source/New_Guard). *In 1939 he is working in Sydney as a psychiatrist and tries to defend a German psychiatrist who is being interned as a member of the [Australia First Movement](/source/Australia_First_Movement). He has become a pacifist and is dismayed when his son enlists for what became World War II.{{cite web|url=https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/between-wars |publisher=OzMovies |title=Between Wars |access-date=14 May 2023}} ==Cast== *[Corin Redgrave](/source/Corin_Redgrave) as Dr Edward Trenbow *[Judy Morris](/source/Judy_Morris) as Deborah Trenbow *[Gunter Meisner](/source/G%C3%BCnter_Meisner) as Dr Karl Schneider *[Arthur Dignam](/source/Arthur_Dignam) as Dr Peter Avante *Patricia Leehy as Marguerite *Jone Winchester as Deborah's mother *Brian James as Deborah's father *Reg Gillam as Trenbow's father *Betty Lucas as Trenbow's mother *[Peter Cummins](/source/Peter_Cummins) *[Neil Fitzpatrick](/source/Neil_Fitzpatrick) as Lance Backhouse{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} * [Reg Gorman](/source/Reg_Gorman) as Orderly * [John O'May](/source/John_O'May) as William Faulkner * [Judy Lynne](/source/Judy_Lynne) as Woman Officer * [Colette Mann](/source/Colette_Mann) as student in revue ==Production== Director Michael Thornhill was good friends with writer Frank Moorhouse and they had worked together on several short films. Moorehouse wrote the script in 1970, originally for televisionDavid Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p87-88 and it was revived a few years later. Half the budget came from the [Australian Film Development Corporation](/source/Screen_Australia) and the other half from a property developer.Rod Bishop, "On Time, Under Budget: Richard Brennan", ''Cinema Papers'', July 1974 p203 Filming took place over six weeks in February and March 1974 with interiors at the former studios of [Cinesound Productions](/source/Cinesound_Productions) at [Bondi](/source/Bondi%2C_New_South_Wales) and locations in [Gulgong](/source/Gulgong) and [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne). It was the first feature from cinematographer [Russell Boyd](/source/Russell_Boyd).[http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/boyd.htm Russell Boyd bio]. Retrieved 30 September 2012 ==Release== Thornhill decided to distribute the film himself at first. Initial reviews were good but the box office performance was not strong and distribution was taken over by the Vincent Library. The movie did not return its cost; a bigger "flop" than ''[The Cars that Ate Paris](/source/The_Cars_that_Ate_Paris)''. ==Reception== The ''Canberra Times'' critic considered this an important Australian film, as distinct from the "pot-boilers" of the time — the "[Australian New Wave](/source/Australian_New_Wave)" — ''[Petersen](/source/Petersen_(film))'', ''[Stork](/source/Stork_(film))'', ''[Stone](/source/Stone_(1974_film))'' and even ''[Wake in Fright](/source/Wake_in_Fright)''.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110788538 |title=Cinema |newspaper=[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times) |volume=49 |issue=13,916 |date=19 November 1974 |access-date=14 May 2023 |page=13 |via=Trove}} ==Home media== ''Between Wars'' was released on DVD by [Umbrella Entertainment](/source/Umbrella_Entertainment) in January 2011. The DVD is compatible with all region codes.{{cite web|title=Umbrella Entertainment|url=http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/p-1750-between-wars.aspx|accessdate=5 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025054202/http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/p-1750-between-wars.aspx|archivedate=25 October 2011}} By 2023 it was no longer in their catalogue. ==Awards== In 1976, the [Australian Cinematographers Society](/source/Australian_Cinematographers_Society) awarded the film's cinematographer Russell Boyd with Cinematographer of the Year award for the film. ==See also== * [Cinema of Australia](/source/Cinema_of_Australia) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|0071211}} *[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9803EEDE1239F932A15751C0A963948260 ''Between Wars'' review] at [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) *[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/between-wars ''Between Wars''] at Oz Movies {{Michael Thornhill}} Category:1974 films Category:1970s war drama films Category:Australian war drama films Category:Works by Frank Moorhouse Category:Australian World War I films Category:Films set on the home front during World War II Category:1974 drama films Category:1974 English-language films Category:Films directed by Michael Thornhill Category:English-language war drama films --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Between Wars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Wars) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Wars?action=history)). 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