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Cast Biographies
Filmmaker Biography
Director's Statement
Birth Of A Colonel
Production Notes
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The Cast
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Tyl von
Randow - Tristan
Retired from his life as an architect,
Tyl is now realizing his life as an
actor. He has many stage appearances to
his name, including Dracula and Ernest
with the Fortune Theatre back in the
seventies. Previous film appearances
include the schoolteacher in “The Map
Reader”. Tyl likes to keep up his
development training and is currently
engaged in studying Michael Chekhov
acting technique under Elena Stejko.
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David
Fitchew - The Colonel
David has performed roles in "Shortland
Street", "Hercules", "Young Hercules", "Xena
Warrior Princess", and the feature film
"End of the Golden Weather". He has
appeared in numerous TV Commercials,
industrial training videos and a vast
number of professional and amateur
theatre productions. David trained
mainly in Canada, supplemented with some
New Zealand tuition.
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Andrea
Kelland - The Matron
A familiar face on New Zealand’s big and
small screens, Andrea’s TV roles include
“Shortland Street”, “Outrageous
Fortune”, “The Jacquie Brown Diaries”
and the “Topp Twins” TV series. Big
screen roles have included “Piece Of My
Heart”, “Spooked”, “End Of The Golden
Weather” and “Queen City Rocker”. She is
a founding member of Theatre Corporate,
and when not in front of the camera she
can be found behind it as the casting
director for long-running serial “Shortland
Street”.
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Shirley
McNeill - Mrs Pleasance
Shirley came to acting for film and
television later in life, after many
years in amateur theatre, and she has
been quite successful securing roles for
“Shortland Street”, the film “Fallout”,
as well as hero and featured roles in
commercials. Shirley is an inspiration –
in her mid-80s, she is currently
studying at university and takes on all
new challenges with energy and drive.
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