Hammers Over The Anvil
(1994)
Regisseur:
Ann TurnerSchauspieler:
Charlotte Rampling, Russell Crowe, John Rafter Lee, Amanda Douge, Wayne Pygram, Alexander Outhred, Frankie J. Holden, Jake Frost, Alethea McGrath, Frank Gallacher, Kirsty McGregor, Daphne Grey, Caroline Kemp, Sam Nightingale, Syd Brisbane, Peter OsbornAustralien 1910. Der 14jährige Alan hat schon viel durchmachen müssen in seinem Leben. Als er erfährt, dass er an Kinderlähmung erkrankt ist, stirbt zudem noch sein großer Traum, eines Tages ein berühmter Reiter wie sein Idol East zu werden. Doch dann erkennt er, dass auch das Leben von East alles andere als glücklich ist.
Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.
Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.
