''Shadows of the Heart'' is a 1990 Australian mini series. It was shot on
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest ...
,
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
between 22 January and 17 March 1990.
[Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p233]
Plot
A female doctor, Kate Munro (Byrnes) moves to (fictitious) Gannet Island off the South Australian coast in 1927. Conflict between traditional religious values and modern scientific medicine ensues as she forms a relationship with two men who are brothers, one a grazier (Graham) and one a priest (Ehlers).
Cast
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Josephine Byrnes
Josephine Byrnes (born 1966) is an Australian actress best known for her work in television, including a lead role in ''Brides of Christ'' for which she won a Logie Award
The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially k ...
... Dr. Kate Munro
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Jerome Ehlers
Jerome Ehlers (20 December 1958 – 9 August 2014) was an Australian actor and writer. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1987.
Ehlers died in Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New So ...
... Father Michael Hanlon
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Marcus Graham
Marcus Graham (born 11 October 1963) is an Australian film, television (including both serials and mini-series) and stage actor and director, with roles including ''Mulholland Drive'' and ''Josh Jarman''. He was known as a teenage heartthrob in ...
... Vic Hanlon
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Jason Donovan ... Alex Fargo
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Robyn Nevin
Robyn Anne Nevin (25 September 1942) is an Australian actress, director, and stage producer, recognised with the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards and the JC Williamson Award at the Helpmann Awards for her outstanding contributions to Austra ...
... Mrs. Hanlon
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Barry Otto
Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor, primarily of cinema, and an amateur artist.
Early life
Barry Otto was born in Brisbane in 1941, the son of a butcher. He trained as an artist but switched to acting.
Career
Otto received an AACTA ...
... Charles Munro
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Harold Hopkins ... Willy Carter
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Nadine Garner ... Lanty Fargo
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Michael Caton
Michael Caton (born 21 July 1943) is an Australian television, film and stage actor, comedian and television host, best known for playing Uncle Harry in the Australian television series '' The Sullivans'', Darryl Kerrigan in 1997's low-budget h ...
... Frank Barrett
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Colleen Hewett
Colleen Hewett (born 16 April 1950) is an Australian singer and actress.
Hewett's top 40 singles on the Kent Music Report include " Super Star", " Day by Day" (both 1971), " Carry That Weight" (1972), "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (1980) ...
... Emily Fargo
References
External links
''Shadows of the Heart''at
IMDb
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1990s Australian television miniseries
1990 Australian television series debuts
1990 Australian television series endings
1990 television films
1990 films
Television shows set in South Australia