Casualties of Peace

It's April 1966 when young Massey student Peter (Michael Hurst, sporting period mop and moustache) makes a surprise visit back home at the farm during study break, and is quickly put out by the archaic social mores: "ya taken to wearing a bra as well?". It's also Anzac Day, and his newfound pacifism and career plans soon put him on a collision course with his veteran father (Peter Vere-Jones) in a surprisingly potent TV drama that pulls no punches — literally — in its depiction of a generation gap that proves irreconcilable.  

They’re in there celebrating five years of murder.

– Peter (Michael Hurst)

Key Cast & Crew

Michael Hurst

As: Peter

Judy Callingham

Writer

Mike Smith

Director, Producer

Tama Poata

As: Snow

Ray Carroll

As: Al

Gilbert Goldie

As: Ken