[4] The story of life on Earth as lived by Mr and Mrs Antrobus, and their two children - and their maid, Sabina.

The film was directed by Alan Burke who had directed a production of Skin of Our Teeth on stage in Canberra in 1953[5] and had spent a day talking to Wilder in the US at the latter's New Haven home.

[6] Burke had met him through a letter of introduction while on a UNESCO scholarship.

Burke considered the meeting with Wilder one of the most important of his life.

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