The Devil's Playground
1976 | 107m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Fred Schepisi |
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| Writer: | Fred Schepisi |
| Staring: |
| A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 12, 1976 |
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| Director: | Fred Schepisi |
| Writer: | Fred Schepisi |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | boarding school, melbourne, australia, coming of age, catholic school, discipline, semi autobiographical, 1950s |
| Production Companies | Australian Film Commission, The Film House |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $193,269 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Arthur Dignam | Brother Francine |
| Nick Tate | Brother Victor |
| Simon Burke | Tom Allen |
| Charles McCallum | Brother Sebastian |
| John Frawley | Brother Celian |
| John Diedrich | Fitz |
| Alan Cinis | Waite |
| Richard Morgan | Smith |
| Rowan Currie | Casey |
| Gary Pixton | Tomkin |
| Michael David | Turner |
| Warren Coleman | Westaway |
| Marc Gough | Brown |
| Andrew Court | Woolmore |
| Brett Murphy | Tierman |
| Wayne Comley | Mahoney |
| Peter Cox | Brother James |
| Jonathan Hardy | Brother Arnold |
| Gerry Duggan | Brother Hanrahan |
| Thomas Keneally | Father Marshall |
| Sheila Florance | Mrs.Sullivan |
| Gary Shaw | Student |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Fred Schepisi | Director, Writer |
| Ian Baker | Director of Photography |
| Brian Kavanagh | Editor |
| Bruce Smeaton | Music |
| Roger Cowland | Visual Effects |
| Edward McQueen-Mason | Sound Editor |
| Peter Fenton | Sound Mixer |
| Don Connolly | Sound Recordist |
| Anne Popischil | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Fred Schepisi | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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