Whitlam: The Power and the Passion Part 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 57 min | Documentary

Whitlam: The Power and the Passion

Part 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 57 min | Documentary

Gough Whitlam didn't rise to the top to become Australia's Prime Minister; he had to fight to get there. His only free ride came just before his 1972 election victory when the winds of social change woke up conservative Australia.

Director

Writer

Producer

Composer

Cinematographers

John Biggins | Frank Flick

Casting Director

Carolina Sorensen (re-enactment)

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Updated May 26, 2013

Release date

May 26, 2013 (Australia)

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10 cast members

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Judy Davis Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Husbands and Wives (1992)
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John Rogers Labor man 1966-1971 Labor man 1966-1971 See fewer	Risen (2021)
Paul Hutchison Extra (uncredited) Extra (uncredited) See fewer	Theatre of the Dead (2013)