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Absolution

6.519781h 35mMovieDramaThrillerMystery

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.

DirectorAnthony Page
WriterAnthony Shaffer
ProducersElliott Kastner·Danny O'Donovan

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Cast · Directed by Anthony Page

RBRichard Burton
Richard Burton
Father Goddard
DGDominic Guard
Dominic Guard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
DBDavid Bradley
David Bradley
Arthur Dyson
BCBilly Connolly
Billy Connolly
Blakey
AKAndrew Keir
Andrew Keir
Headmaster
WGWilloughby Gray
Willoughby Gray
Brigadier Walsh
PL
Preston Lockwood
Father Hibbert
JO
James Ottaway
Father Matthews
BWBrook Williams
Brook Williams
Father Clarence
RSRobin Soans
Robin Soans
Father Henryson
TM
Trevor Martin
Mr. Gladstone
SDSharon Duce
Sharon Duce
Louella

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