The Violent Earth Explained

Genre:	mini-series
Starring:	Karina Lombard Claudia Karvan Claire Nebout
Country:	Australia France
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	3
Executive Producer:	Kris Noble
Producer:	Jock Blair
Company:	Nomad
Runtime:	3 x 120 mins

The Violent Earth is a 1998 French-Australian mini series set in New Caledonia from 1888 to 1977.^[1]

Cast

• Karina Lombard : Anna Temaru
• Claudia Karvan : Jeanne
• Claire Nebout : Hélène
  • Brittany Byrnes : Young Helene
• Laure Killing : Maximilienne Sutton
• Joe Petruzzi : Vincenzo Scarpinato
• Arnaud Giovaninetti : Carlo Scarpinato
• Simone Kessell : Gabrielle
• Jay Laga'aia : Jean-Christian
• Andrew McFarlane : Tom Sutton
  • Daniel Daperis : Young Tom
• Jeremy Callaghan : John Sutton
• Bernard Verley : Hippocrates
• Bill Hunter : Campbell
• Rodney Bell : François
• Manu Bennett : Wanatcha DuValier
• Martin Copping : Mr. Best
• Frank Gallacher : Father Moissan
• Mark Gerber : Roland
• Peter McCauley : Theroux
• Sally McDonald : Jill
• Andrew McKaige : Gendarme Captain
• Rosaline Nachero : Clarisse
• Peter O'Brien : Yann Chevalier
• Pierre Pudewa : Chief Pore
• Justine Saunders : Aunt Junie
• William Takaku : Magnus
• Bud Tingwell : Bishop Guiart

External links

• The Violent Earth at Crawfords website
  • The Violent Earth at Australian Television

Notes and References

1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p247