The Devil's Playground

6.7 / 10

(30 votes)

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.

Country:

Australia

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

107 minutes

Year:

1976

Director:

Fred Schepisi

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Company:

The Film House,

Australian Film Commission

Cast:
Arthur Dignam

Brother Francine

Nick Tate

Brother Victor

Simon Burke

Tom Allen

Charles McCallum

Brother Sebastian

John Frawley

Brother Celian

Crew:
Fred Schepisi

Writer

Fred Schepisi

Director

Ian Baker

Director of Photography

Brian Kavanagh

Editor

Bruce Smeaton

Music