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1984 Australian TV series or program

The Schippan Mystery
Written by	Kenneth G. Ross
Directed by	Di Drew
Starring	Joseph Fürst
Music by	Warren Abeshouse
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Alan Burke
Editor	Trevor Miller
Running time	86 minutes
Production company	ABC
Original release
Release	22 September 1984 (1984-09-22)

The Schippan Mystery is a 1984 Australian television film about the murder of Bertha Schippan in 1902. Directed by Di Drew, it was last of four telemovies called Verdict produced by the ABC dramatising real cases (the others being The Dean Case, The Amorous Dentist and Who Killed Hannah Jane?). It is the only one of the four cases set outside of New South Wales.

Background

On 1 January 1902, 13-year-old Bertha Schippan was murdered in Towitta, South Australia. Her sister, Mary, was initially arrested and tried for the crime, but was acquitted.

Cast

Sally McKenzie - Mary Schippan
Brandon Burke - Gustave Nitschke
Joseph Fürst - Mathias Schippan
Dorothy Alison - Mrs. Schippan
Desiree Smith - Bertha Schippan
Michael Winchester - August Schippan
Yves Stening - Willie Schippan
Martin Vaughan - Detective Edward Priest
Arthur Dignam - Sir Josiah Symon
Matthew O'Sullivan - Mr. Stuart
Julieanne Newbould

Peter Dahlsen

References

Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p136
"Details of case". Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
"Waters and Thornton to star in new Crawford mini-series". The Canberra Times. Vol. 57, no. 17, 158. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 September 1982. p. 13. Retrieved 12 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "The Schippan Mystery | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "The Schippan Mystery (1984) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
The Schippan Mystery, retrieved 28 December 2018
"C612 The Schippan Mystery". National Archives of Australia.

External links

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Operas	Prima Donna (1959) Rita (1959) Cavalleria rusticana (1959) The Marriage of Figaro (1960) The Medium (1960) The Abduction from the Seraglio (1961) La Boheme (1961) Don Pasquale (1962)
Ballet	The Tell-Tale Heart (1961)
Musicals	Pardon Miss Westcott (1959) (writer only) Lola Montez (1962) The Sentimental Bloke (1976)

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