Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. Eventually the war breaks out and many lives are disrupted and complicated.
Rufus Sewell
as Mick Carpenter
Martin Donovan
as Dr. Phillip Spence
Maya Stange
as Evelyn Spence
Max Cullen
as Douglas Stevens
John Howard
as Rev Macgregor
Andrew S. Gilbert
as Gerry
Marshall Napier
as Sir Geoffrey Hallerton
Susan Lyons
as Helen Stevens
Don Barker
as Barman
Tom Moraya
as Biui
Rose Vaia
as Inupi
Chief Tokonou Tokwamula
as Chief Tokunou