Australian movies: 1971

The Australian film industry is slowly developing, still mostly being held up by international productions although this year we get the first of the Australian New Wave movies in Stork.

1971

Bello Onesto Emigrato Australia Sposerebbe Compaesana Illibata (A Girl in Australia)

Italian made movie that was shot in Australia but is in Italian so it's doubtful many Australians have ever seen it. Basically an Italian man (Alberto Sordi) is working in Australia and lonely so he decides to get an Italian wife (Claudia Cardinale) but things don't go to plan. He spends some time with her and manages to win her over. There's no nudity in the movie but there's a bit of sexy stuff from Cardinale who looks amazing throughout. And she's still acting well into her 80s!

Claudia Cardinale in Bello Onesto Emigrato Australia Sposerebbe Compaesana Illibata

14809kb 1min 22sec 640x350 (plenty of cleavage in nice dress)

16671kb 1min 02sec 640x350 (bra and panties)

1484kb 8sec 640x350 (brief bra)

10906kb 43sec 640x350 (dress lifts up to reveal panties)

 

 

Bonjour Balwyn

Small independant movie starring future director John Duigan (most notable to this site for Sirens but there's so many more of his movies that I've capped) where he plays a magazine editor who's about to lose it all unless he does something drastic. Very low budget and experimental. There's a scene where Duigan and a woman audition for a sleazy director looking for the next Hair and he asks both to strip off but we only see the nudity in silhouette so only get a glimpse of the both of them. No idea who the actress is but her character's name is Jane. The credits only list the main actors with character names and I think she only appears in this scene.

Unknown in Bonjour Balwyn

14301kb 1min 54sec 704x536 (full frontal nudity in silhouette, panties, lengthy)

 

 

A City's Child

Strange drama about a lonely woman (Monica Maughan) who reverts into her own world of dolls after a her mother dies. Then a man (Sean Scully) enters her life and she seems happy but the nagging voice of her mother haunts her and she struggles to keep the man. Also, she could be dreaming that she's with the man. Not much in the way of nudity in this movie with some side-boob from Donna Drake as someone the lonely woman imagines being with her man.

Not high quality videos as they are from a TV showing of the movie but it appears that this movie is on Prime so that suggests it is available in decent quality.

Monica Maughan in A City's Child

37140kb 2min 06sec 716x540 ('nude' under covers, lengthy)

37112kb 2min 06sec 716x540 (plenty of cleavage in see-through nightie, lengthy)

 

Donna Drake in A City's Child

8745kb 29sec 716x540 (side-boob/arm covering breasts, sex scene)

 

 

Nickel Queen

Maybe the first movie made in Perth with well-known British actress Googie Withers, who would later settle in Australia for the second half of her life, and her husband developing a star vehicle for her. She plays a tough-as-nails pub owner Meg who own a mining claim that is much wanted by an unscrupulous mining company so they make her an offer of a million dollars and she takes it and starts living the life. Also a group of hippies arrive in town headed by Claude (radio DJ who later turned popular conservative Sydney shock jock John Laws) and they make an impact. Also a number of people want to take Meg for a ride including Claude who cleans himself up to do so because hippies are broke. Silly stuff but a fairly harmless and fun movie. It is funny watching the very one-dimensional Laws playing an unconvincing hippie and not the least surprising when he decides to clean up and get a share of Meg's money.

Only nudity in the movie is from one of the hippies after she strips off her dress before entering a pool. She is probably listed in the credits but we never get any of the names of the hippies and there's a whole lot of characters listed I have no idea who they could be.

Unknown in Nickel Queen

5024kb 18sec 640x480 (brief breasts, panties)

 

 

Stork

Usually listed as the first Australian New Wave movie, this is Tim Burstall's second movie after the turgid melodrama 2000 Weeks and this is a very different movie, a 'raunchy' comedy.

There's some brief nudity from Jacki Weaver (in the previous update she was interviewed for The Naked Bunyip and she said she hadn't been asked to do nudity before. Well...) and some brief side-boob from Jan Friedl.

You can read more and find the collages and videos from the movie here. A preview is below.

Jacki Weaver in Stork

    
    

 

Jan Friedl in Stork

    

 

 

Wake in Fright

Almost lost international production about an English school teacher who is trying to get to Brisbane to meet up with his Australian girlfriend only to get stuck in 'The Yabba' where his nightmare begins. Excellent movie I actually watched in cinemas when it was re-issued back in 2009.

Not really any nudity in the movie. English actress Sylvia Kay is in an open dress and covers her breasts with her arms. Nancy Knudsen is in a bathing suit in a flashback seen numerous times throughout the movie.

You can find a synopsis and the videos from the movie here. A preview is below.

Sylvia Kay in Wake in Fright

    
    

 

Nancy Knudsen in Wake in Fright

    

 

 

Walkabout

Nicolas Roeg directed co-production about an English teen girl (Jenny Agutter) and her younger brother who get lost in the Australian desert and are helped by an Indigenous teen (David Gulpilil). Another excellent movie.

There's plenty of nudity from Agutter, full frontal and bottom, throughout the movie. You can find a synopsis of the movie plus multiple collages and videos here. A preview is below.

Jenny Agutter in Walkabout

    
    
    
    
    
    

 

That's about all I can find at this moment. The movie Demonstrator has nudity in it from Wendy Lingham and a bunch of others but I can't find a copy. Other movies - And the Word was Made Flesh, Stockade and Sympathy in Summer may or may not have nudity in them but they are unavailable. There is no nudity in the following movies: Country Town and Homesdale.

 

Tags: Claudia Cardinale, Monica Maughan, Donna Drake, Jacki Weaver, Jan Friedl, Sylvia Kay, Nancy Knudsen, Jenny Agutter