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{{short description|1927 film}}
{{Other uses|Under the Southern Cross (disambiguation){{!}}Under the Southern Cross}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Under the Southern Cross
| image = Under the Southern Cross (1927).webm
| caption = ''Under the Southern Cross''
| director = [[Gustav Pauli]]
| producer = [[Gustav Pauli]]
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1927}}
| runtime = 5000 ft<br>83 minutes
| language = English
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'''''Under the Southern Cross''''' is a 1927 New Zealand [[drama film]] set in New Zealand, directed and produced for [[Gaumont British]] by [[Gustav Pauli]].
The film probably has no connection with [[Under the Southern Cross (1929 film)|the 1929 American film of the same name]], directed by [[Lew Collins]], and also set in New Zealand.
==Plot==
A young man in England is wrongly accused of a crime, so emigrates to New Zealand and works on a farm. He falls in love with Hazel, the joint owner of a nearby [[sheep station]]. She is also fancied by the station manager but rejects his advances. It transpires that the manager has committed the original crime in England; he is arrested and the young couple are happily united. The "false accusation" and "pioneer settler" plot is similar to ''[[The Te Kooti Trail]].''
==Cast==
An undated scenario describes the film as "A glimpse of station life - played by an amateur cast of New Zealanders".
==References==
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*''New Zealand Film 1912-1996'' by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p39 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) {{ISBN|019 558336 1}}
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