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Van Diemen's Land (2009)

Van Diemen's Land (2009)

104 minutes EN Drama , History , Thriller
Hunger is a strange silence
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
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