Movie Settings Database

Van Diemen's Land

Where:

Tasmania

When:

The 1820s

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.

Released in 2009 — 104 minutes

Genres:

Drama History Thriller

Languages:

English Irish