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The Devil's Playground (1977)

The Devil's Playground (1977)

Drama
Release Date: 1977, December 23
Directors: Fred Schepisi
Countries: Australia
Production: The Film House, Australian Film Commission, Australian Film Commission
Cast: Nick Tate, Gerry Duggan, Sheila Florance, Jonathan Hardy, Peter Cox, Alan Cinis, Arthur Dignam, Brett Murphy, Simon Burke, John Diedrich, Richard Morgan, John Frawley

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

coming of age 1950s boarding school semi autobiographical discipline catholic school melbourne, australia