The Story of the Kelly Gang

Name: The Story of the Kelly Gang
Director: Charles Tait
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, History
Released: 1906
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Elizabeth Tait, John Tait

"The Most Sensational, The Most Thrilling and Interesting LIVING PICTURES EVER TAKEN."

5.2/10

1906

1h 10m

Crime

Drama

Action

History

Overview

Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity. Even more significantly, it heralds the emergence of the feature film format. However, only fragments of the original production of more than one hour are known to exist, preserved at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra; Efforts at reconstruction have made the film available to modern audiences.