The Getting of Wisdom

August. 25,1977

Rating：

6.5

Genre：

Drama

Keywords：

Trailer Synopsis Cast

The Getting of Wisdom is based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Her novel is thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. The film is about a young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.

Candy Raymond as Miss Zielinski

Barry Humphries as Rev. Strachey

John Waters as Rev. Shepherd

Kerry Armstrong as Kate

Sigrid Thornton as Maria

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