Drama
The Devil's Playground
User Score33 votes
65%6.5/10
Release1977→
Runtime1H 47M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media9
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Director
Fred Schepisi
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Box Office
Budget$0M
Certification
PG-13Keywords
boarding schoolcoming of agemelbourne, australiacatholic schooldisciplinesemi autobiographical1950s
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Countries:Australia
Production:The Film HouseAustralian Film Commission