TV series
The Alien Years
1988 · 1 season
A slow, serious period drama where private happiness is slowly crushed by public suspicion and wartime fear.
- Created by
- Donald Crombie
- Genres
- Drama, War & politics
- Starring
- Victoria Longley, Christoph Waltz, John Hargreaves
- Overview
- The Alien Years is a three-part miniseries that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on 19 April 1988. It was directed by Donald Crombie and written by Peter Yeldham. It stars Victoria Longley, John Hargreaves and Academy Award-winner, Christoph Waltz. Yeldham later adapted his screenplay into a novel of the same name.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Love, war, isolation, betrayal
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
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- Created by
- Donald Crombie
- Genres
- Drama, War & politics
- Starring
- Victoria Longley, Christoph Waltz, John Hargreaves





