Roses Bloom Twice

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Roses Bloom Twice
Directed by David Stevens
Written by Tony Morphett
Based onstory by Mike Policare
Produced by Robert Bruning
StarringGlynis McNicholl
Michael Craig
CinematographyGary Hansen
Production
company
Gemini Productions
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$105,000 [1]

Roses Bloom Twice is a 1978 Australian television film about a woman's attempts to begin life again. [1]

Contents

It was produced by Robert Bruning's Gemini Productions. Most of Gemini's TV movies were thrillers, but this one and The Alternative were melodramas. [2]

Plot

Diana is widowed and must face life alone.

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p133
  2. Beilby, Peter; Murray, Scott (September–October 1979). "Robert Bruning". Cinema Papers. pp. 517–519.