7.8Summary
At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli.
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A Fortunate Life episodes
1 season · 4 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Starting Out (1897-1905), 8.0
- S1 E3 Journey (1908-1914), 9.0
Cast
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- Directors
- Marcus Cole, Henri Safran
- Written by
- Ken Kelso
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Facts
April 27, 1986 · April 30, 1986 · Ended
- First aired
- April 27, 1986
- Last aired
- April 30, 1986
- Status
- Ended
- Length
- 1 season · 4 episodes
- Content
- Violence, Disturbing Imagery
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- English
- Available in
- 129 countries
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Questions about A Fortunate Life
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Is A Fortunate Life worth watching?
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 64 (IMDb 7.8).
How long does it take to watch A Fortunate Life?
6 h
About 6 hours: 4 episodes in 1 season of about 90 minutes each, aired from 1986 to 1986.
Is A Fortunate Life plot-driven or character-driven?
Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (10 of 10) and pathos (9 of 10) more than on its plot.