Children of the Revolution
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Duncan
Ron Haddrick
John Garden
Marshall Napier
F. Murray Abraham
Sam Neill
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Australia is only moments away from civil war late in 1989 as one man, Joe Welch, has paralyzed the government, leaving the country in a state of total panic. Years earlier, in 1949, Joe's mother Joan Fraser dreamt of nothing but a worker's revolution; a communist revolution. She deemed the Australian government's campaign against communism as a declaration of war. She demonstrated and picketed and preached the virtues of Joseph Stalin. At night she lovingly composed letters to the great Soviet leader, extolling his brilliance and vowing to be, forever, his faithful servant; Stalin's Australian voice. Joan's efforts did not go unnoticed by Stalin. In fact, he invited her to the Kremlin to meet him. But what happens during her visit sparks a fateful turn of events. Joan returns home pregnant; distraught yet determined to raise her unborn son to be a "revolutionary." But as young Joe grows, what becomes his idea of a revolution is not exactly what she had in mind.
Director
Peter Duncan
Cast
Ron Haddrick
John Garden
Marshall Napier
F. Murray Abraham
Sam Neill
Barry Langrishe
Rachel Griffiths
Judy Davis
Ben Mcivor
Heather Mitchell
Alex Menglet
Rowan Woods
Ken Radley
Richard Roxburgh
Luke Carroll
Geoffrey Rush
Fiona Press
Russell Kiefel
Crew
Gethin Creagh
Kate Denis
Peter Duncan
Laurie Faen
Roger Ford
Maude Heath
John Martin
Simon Martin
Simon Martin
Martin Mcgrath
Tristram Miall
Liz Mullinar
Andrew Plain
Greg Ricketson
Greg Ricketson
Terry Ryan
Guntis Sics
P.j. Voeten
Nigel Westlake
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for nine 1996 Australian Film Institute awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress (Davis).
Released in United States Spring May 1, 1997
Expanded Release in United States May 9, 1997
Expanded Release in United States May 16, 1997
Expanded Release in United States May 23, 1997
Released in United States on Video January 13, 1998
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States January 1997
Released in United States July 1997
Shown at Melbourne International Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia July 25 - August 11, 1996.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.
Shown at Karlovy Vary Film Festival July 4-12, 1997.
Feature directorial debut for Peter Duncan.
Began shooting July 3, 1995.
Completed shooting September 1, 1995.
Released in United States Spring May 1, 1997
Expanded Release in United States May 9, 1997
Expanded Release in United States May 16, 1997
Expanded Release in United States May 23, 1997
Released in United States on Video January 13, 1998
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Melbourne International Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia July 25 - August 11, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.)
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1997.)
Released in United States July 1997 (Shown at Karlovy Vary Film Festival July 4-12, 1997.)
