15 Aug 1996
Shine
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Das Land ohne Frauen
A group of 413 women answer an ad looking for British women to sail to and marry miners in Australia. One does not survive the voyage, and conflict arises over who will have to remain unmarried.
Top Billed Cast
Conrad Veidt Dick Ashton
Elga Brink Evelyne Narnheim
Clifford McLaglen Steve Parker
Grete Berger 
Mathias Wieman 
Ernö Verebes O’Donegan
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