The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric

56m
DramaDocumentary
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Hailed by John Grierson as 'one of the best descriptions of life in the country anybody has yet made', the film follows a young couple torn between the choice of emigration to Australia or remaining to work their croft in Shetland.

Cast

John Gilbertson
Unknown
Enga Stout
Enga

Crew

Jenny Gilbertson
Director, Writer, Cinematography
Aline Gordon
Writer
Leonard Hartley
Sound Recordist
Ian H. McKeown
Sound Recordist
John Gifford
Sound
Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Music

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