Ablaze

Duration: 86 min

Release date: 2019-09-29

IMDB

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.

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Ablaze

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Ablaze

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Victoria Abbott

Victoria Abbott

as Doreen Parsons

Jarred Blakiston

Jarred Blakiston

as Sam Newstead

Janine Burchett

Janine Burchett

as Mary Wootton

as Colin Lovell

as Bill McKibbin

Andrew Vaughan Eddey

Andrew Vaughan Eddey

Mark Mitchinson

Mark Mitchinson

as Kenneth Ballantyne

as Lois Kennedy

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Graham MacFarlane

Graham MacFarlane

First Assistant Camera

Jochen Fitzherbert

Jochen Fitzherbert

Production Design

Philly de Lacey

Philly de Lacey

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Makeup Designer

Key Makeup Artist

Second Assistant Director

Quentin Whitwell

Quentin Whitwell

First Assistant Director

Assistant Property Master

Natalie Tsuchiya

Natalie Tsuchiya

Property Master

Corrin Ellingford

Corrin Ellingford

Special Effects Coordinator

Special Effects Supervisor

Visual Effects Supervisor

Compositing Lead

Stunt Coordinator

Steve McQuillan

Steve McQuillan

Stunt Coordinator

Jonathan Bowes-Onions

Jonathan Bowes-Onions

Second Assistant Camera

Additional Lighting Technician

Arnika Howard-Lawrence

Arnika Howard-Lawrence

Extras Casting Coordinator

Costume Supervisor

Jasmine Rogers-Scott

Jasmine Rogers-Scott

Costume Supervisor

Melissa Lawrence

Melissa Lawrence

Script Supervisor

Alana Henderson

Alana Henderson

Production Coordinator

Joshua Frizzell

Joshua Frizzell

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