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WITNESS: 50 YEARS OF SILENCE
(1995)
List of alternative names
- FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE
- Copyright date
- Not available
- Production start date
- 1994
- Production end date
- Not available
Production countries
- Australia
- Notes
- Not available
BNFVC Notes
Jan Ruff O'Herne, born in 1923, grew up in Java, intending to teach and to be a nun. When Java was invaded by the Japanese, she was forced to work in a brothel, where she suffered rape and terrible conditions. Because her story was not believed she kept silent, but now, a grandmother living in a suburb of Adelaide, she feels she must speak out for the sake...
Top five credits
- Director
- RUFF, Carol
- Director
- BRADLEY, James
- Director
- LANDER, Ned
- Production Company
- SBS Television
- Production Company
- Australian Broadcasting Commission
Top five cast
- On-screen Participant
- O'HERNE, Jan Ruff