JULIE CHRISTIE and NIGEL HAWTHORNE (THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE) star in this powerful adaptation of the acclaimed international best-seller by DORIS LESING.
In a society ravaged by post-nuclear anarchy, a middle-aged woman attempts to survive in a lawless city by discovering a world of Victorian splendor within herself. But when she takes responsibility for an abandoned teenage girl, the two are drawn into the horrors of feral youth gangs who control the crumbling streets. What are the shocking rules of survival in this brutal world of the future? And what is the startling vision of truth from a fantasy world of the past?
Production Year:
1981
Released:
Tue, 06/12/2001
Run Time Minutes:
116
Genres:
Suspense/Thriller
Genres:
Drama
Genres:
Disaster
Trailer:
No
Format Aspect Ratio:
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
More Information:
HD-4
Audio Language:
English
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels:
Mono
Actors:
Julie Christie - D
Actors:
Christopher Guard - Gerald
Actors:
Leonie Mellinger - Emily
Actors:
Debbie Hutchings - June
Actors:
Nigel Hawthorne - Victorian Father
Actors:
Pat Keen - Victorian Mother
Actors:
Georgina Griffiths - Victorian Emily
Actors:
Christopher Tsangarides - Victorian Son
Actors:
Mark Dignam - Newsvendor/Gardener
Actors:
Alison Dowling - Janet White
Actors:
John Franklyn-Robbins - Professor White
Actors:
Rowena Cooper - Mrs. White
Actors:
Barbara Hicks - Woman on Waste Ground
Actors:
John Comer - Man delivering Emily
Actors:
Adrienne Byrne - Maureen
Actors:
Marion Owen Smith - Sandra
Actors:
Tara MacGowran - Jill
Actors:
Mark Farmer
Actors:
John Altman
Actors:
David Squire
Actors:
Jeanne Watts
Actors:
Pamela Cundell
Actors:
Bryan Matheson
Actors:
Anne Tirard - Victorian Nurse
Actors:
Jeillo Edwards - Woman at News Stand
Actors:
Arthur Lovegrove
Actors:
John Rutland