You can find more details, including cast lists and user reviews, on its IMDb page or watch trailers and retrospectives on YouTube . Fortress (1985) - IMDb
: Production took place in various parts of Australia, including the Grampians and Rosehill Primary School near Bairnsdale.
: Set in the isolated Australian outback, the story follows Sally Jones (played by Rachel Ward), a schoolteacher in a one-room schoolhouse.
: After being terrorized and trapped in a cave, the group escapes. Realizing they cannot outrun their captors, the children and their teacher turn the tables, using primitive traps and brutal tactics to defend themselves in a "kill or be killed" scenario. Key Facts
: The film is loosely based on the real-life Faraday School kidnapping of 1972, where a teacher and her students were abducted for ransom in Victoria, Australia.