The Devil's Playground
1976, Film, 107 min, Drama, English, Australia, MoviePedia score 65
Australia, 1953. Thirteen-year-old Tom Allen attends a strict Catholic seminary for boys administered by De La Salle Brothers. The adolescent students and their adult instructors struggle deeply with sexual repression and religious doubt.
Directed by Fred Schepisi
Cast
- Charles McCallum as Brother Sebastian
- John Frawley as Brother Celian
- Arthur Dignam as Brother Francine
- Nick Tate as Brother Victor
- Peter Cox as Brother James
- Jonathan Hardy as Brother Arnold
- Gerry Duggan as Brother Hanrahan
- Thomas Keneally as Father Marshall
- Sheila Florance as Mrs.Sullivan
- Simon Burke as Tom Allen
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