Ablaze

Ablaze

86 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 29, 2019

In November 1947 forty-one people died in a massive blaze that gutted the huge Ballantynes Department Store complex in the heart of Christchurch’s business district. This is the tragic story of New Zealand’s worst fire disaster.

Ablaze

86 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 29, 2019

Ablaze
In November 1947 forty-one people died in a massive blaze that gutted the huge Ballantynes Department Store complex in the heart of Christchurch’s business district. This is the tragic story of New Zealand’s worst fire disaster.
Producers Television New Zealand, Screentime
Original title Ablaze
Directors Rebecca Webb, Joshua Frizzell, Melissa Lawrence, Quentin Whitwell
Writers John Banas

Cast

Victoria Abbott

as Nancy Nash

Manon Blackman

as Doreen Parsons

Jarred Blakiston

as Sam Newstead

Alison Bruce

as Edith Drake

Janine Burchett

as Mrs. Moft

Brittany Clark

as Mary Wootton

Serena Cotton

as Lola Crew

James Davies

as Colin Lovell

Nick Davies

as Bill McKibbin

Andrew Vaughan Eddey

as Eric Boon

Mark Mitchinson

as Kenneth Ballantyne

Ryan Lampp

as Wally

Torum Heng

as Lois Kennedy