Between Wars

1974
1h 40m

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This film traces the career of Dr Edward Trenbow (Corin Redgrave), who becomes a well-respected Sydney psychiatrist. In the 1920s, he takes up residence at Callan Park Asylum. The film touch... Read allThis film traces the career of Dr Edward Trenbow (Corin Redgrave), who becomes a well-respected Sydney psychiatrist. In the 1920s, he takes up residence at Callan Park Asylum. The film touches on issues of psychoanalysis and physical treatments, such as fever treatment.This film traces the career of Dr Edward Trenbow (Corin Redgrave), who becomes a well-respected Sydney psychiatrist. In the 1920s, he takes up residence at Callan Park Asylum. The film touches on issues of psychoanalysis and physical treatments, such as fever treatment.

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5.6/10

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This movie was filmed during February and March 1974.

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Referenced in Backroads: Interview with Cinematographer Russell Boyd (2004)

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3/10

Not as good as Moorhouse's books

Frank Moorhouse was a successful writer of contemporary short stories in the 1970s, but his screenwriting efforts were less successful. This film was made early in the revival of Australian cinema in the 70s, and that is its main significance.

Despite having a good cast, including international actors Corin Redgrave and Gunter Meisner, as well as high-profile local actors, led by Judy Morris and Arthur Dignam, the film is something of a sprawling mess.

The film touches on the significance of war, the birth of psychiatry, and the conflict between left-wing unions and right-wing militias in the 1930s, but these end up as background in the rather dull life of a family doctor who blunders his way through war, family life, and work for two decades, while occasionally dabbling in psychiatry without achieving much.

The film lacks Moorhouse's insights into human character that make his books so interesting.