Movie Description
Absolution
(1978)Overview
At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.
Featured Crew
- Director : Anthony Page
- Producer : Elliott Kastner,Danny O'Donovan
- Writer : Anthony Shaffer
- Editor : John Victor-Smith
- Cast : Richard Burton,Dominic Guard,David Bradley,Billy Connolly,Andrew Keir,Willoughby Gray,Preston Lockwood,James Ottaway,Brook Williams,Robin Soans,Trevor Martin,Sharon Duce,Brian Glover,Dan Meaden,Hilary Mason,Hilda Fenemore,Robert Addie,Philip Leake,Jon Plowman,Michael Crompton,Andrew Boxer,Richard Willis,Michael Parkhouse,Richard Kates,Martyn Hesford,Clive Gehle,Charles Rigby,Michael Bell,Martin Stringer,Francis Fry,Julian Firth,Tim Short,Michael Munn,Kevin Hart
Cast
Father Goddard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
Arthur Dyson
Blakey
Headmaster
Brigadier Walsh
Father Hibbert
Father Matthews
Father Clarence
Father Henryson
Mr. Gladstone
Louella
the first policeman
the second policeman
Miss Froggatt
Mrs. Hoskins
Cawley
Gregory
Father Piers
O'Dowd
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a priest
Peterson
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Facts
Original TitleAbsolution
Status Released
Release Information
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1978-06-05
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 35m
Production CompaniesBulldog,Enterprise Pictures,Trans World Entertainment
Genres
- Drama
- Thriller
- Mystery
