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Released
1956 · FILM

A Town Like Alice

A tale of survival.

Directed by
Runtime
117 min
DramaRomanceWar
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Sidney HayersShot by Geoffrey UnsworthScored by Matyas Seiber

Also known as

  • Marsch durch die Höllede
  • Mi vida empieza en Malasiaes
  • Ma vie commence en Malaisiefr
  • La mia vita comincia in Malesiait

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