Sisters of War

Sisters of War

95 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | Nov. 11, 2010

Sisters of War is a World War II memoir that re-creates events in New Britain during the Japanese invasion and occupation. It is a story about the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, especially Sister Berenice Twohill and her working friendship with nursing sister, Lorna Whyte. The Australians pulled out of the mission in Vunapope outside Rabaul, leaving the nurses and wounded who took refuge there. They were captured and about to be executed when Bishop Leo Scharmach MSC bluffed the Japanese by saying that he was the representative of Hitler and his people could not be executed.

Sisters of War

95 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | Nov. 11, 2010

Sisters of War
Sisters of War is a World War II memoir that re-creates events in New Britain during the Japanese invasion and occupation. It is a story about the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, especially Sister Berenice Twohill and her working friendship with nursing sister, Lorna Whyte. The Australians pulled out of the mission in Vunapope outside Rabaul, leaving the nurses and wounded who took refuge there. They were captured and about to be executed when Bishop Leo Scharmach MSC bluffed the Japanese by saying that he was the representative of Hitler and his people could not be executed.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Pericles Films
Original title Sisters of War
Directors Peter McLennan, Karen Mansfield, Brendan Maher
Writers John Misto

Cast

Claire van der Boom

as Sister Berenice Twohill

Sarah Snook

as Lorna Whyte

Susie Porter

as Kay Parker

Gerald Lepkowski

as Bishop Leo Scharmach

Anna Volska

as Sister Cordula

Kuni Hashimoto

as Japanese Captain

Kentaro Hara

as Sugal

Helen Cassidy

as Tootie

Catherine Miller

as Sister Martha

Paulini Curuenavuli

as Sister Marie

Ken Makio

as Suzuki

Paul Bishop

as Geoff Lempriere

Kathryn Marquet

as Grace

Emma Randall

as Joyce

Amy Humphreys

as Olive

Yutaka Izumihara

as Japanese Lieutenant

Nick Wright

as Jim

Mitch Kennedy

as Ron

Masa Yamaguchi

as Japanese Captain

Ken Senga

as Japanese Guard

Donna Handsley

as German Nun

Koichi Waki

as Japanese Soldier

Louis Toshio Okada

as Japanese Soldier

Andrew Wong

as Japanese Soldier

Leon Cain

as Male Orderly

Blayke Pinder

as Brother

Ty Hungerford

as Major Bill Meanley

Tomoki Miyamoto

as Japanese Guard

Chris Turner

as Australian Digger

Shinji Ikefuji

as Japanese Sergeant

T. Maxwell Smith

as Wounded Soldier

Amelia Grimmer

as Jitterbug Dancer

Drew Ringsmuth

as Jitterbug Dancer

Lee Perry

as Newsreel Narrator (voice)

Michael Knott

as Australian Soldier (uncredited)

Andy Trieu

as Japanese (uncredited)

Therese Westbrook

as Sister Therese (uncredited)