Uncivilised

Uncivilised (1936)

A white authoress, looking for a story in the outback, is kidnapped by an Afghan slaver, betrothed to a white jungle-man, and menaced by a jealous half-caste rival, a hostile witch-doctor, his crazed-killer son, and opium smugglers!

Date of release
1936-09-25
TMDB
3.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Romance, Adventure
Director
Charles Chauvel

Casting

Interesting facts

Uncivilised is a 1936 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel. It was an attempt by Chauvel to make a more obviously commercial film, and was clearly influenced by Tarzan.

Production

Chauvel commenced location filming on Palm Island that month. Location shooting went for six weeks, with the use of Aboriginal actors strictly controlled by the Aboriginal Control Board.

Interior scenes were shot at the newly constructed National Studios at Pagewood – it was the first production shot there. Aboriginal actors were brought down from Queensland to act in the studio scenes. Chauvel defended his treatment of these Aboriginal extras during filming.

During filming, an animal trainer was attacked by a python, but he recovered and went back to work.

After ten weeks in the studio, Chauvel then shot additional scenes at the Burragorang Valley and the Royal National Park.

The final sequences were filmed out near Broken Hill.

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