The Devil’s Playground
Fortnight 1976, Feature film, 1h47
Synopsis
I wanted to show that human qualities survive even in oppressive environments, such as those of institutions – not necessarily religious ones – where sets of rules, made to suit particular ends, are rigidly enforced regardless of their rationality.
I believe these rules, however well intentioned, are almost always counter productive because of their inflexibility and reliance on authoritarian concepts.
Fred SCHEPISI
Director
Fred Schepisi
Born in Melbourne in 1938, Frederic Alan Schepisi is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He began his career in advertising and directed both commercials and documentaries ; he then fouded his own production company, The Film House Pty Ltd. En 1971, he directed « The Priest », which is one of four parts of the film « Libido ». « The Devil’s Playground » (1976) is his first long feature : he won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction and the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay for for this film.
Arthur Dignam
Charles Mc Callum
John Frawley
Jonathan Hardy
Nick Tate
Simon Burke
Charles Mc Callum
John Frawley
Jonathan Hardy
Nick Tate
Simon Burke
Screenplay
Fred Schepisi
Image
Ian Baker
Production : THE FILM HOUSE Pty Ltd
