Hunt Angels

Hunt Angels

2006•1h 25m•5.0/10

DocumentaryComedyDrama

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5.0/10(1)

Filmmaking partners Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks are determined to get their films made by almost any means necessary. Set in the 1930s, this docudrama relates the moviemakers' struggles to jump-start Australia's film industry.

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EN

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Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn

Rupert Kathner

Victoria Hill

Victoria Hill

Alma Brooks

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