"As for cinema versions of the novel, the one that most famously got away is Voss, White's 1957 novel, inspired by the diaries of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. First Ken Russell, then Joseph Losey, were in the frame to direct. Playwright David Mercer wrote a script: Donald Sutherland and Maximilian Schell were mentioned as lead"
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