The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)

1906 · Silent film · 20 min · dir. Charles Tait

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• Crime
• Drama
• Action

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Synopsis

Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity. Even more significantly, it heralds the emergence of the feature film format. However, only fragments of the original production of more than one hour are known to exist, preserved at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra; Efforts at…

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Details

Director

Charles Tait

Studio

Johnson and Gibson, J. & N. Tait

Released

1906-12-26

Running time

20 minutes

Cast & crew

• Charles Tait Director
• EElizabeth Tait
• John Tait

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