Richard Burton
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Absolution is a 1978 British thriller film directed by Anthony Page and written by playwright Anthony Shaffer. The film stars Richard Burton as a priest who teaches at a boys' school and finds one of his favourite students is playing a nasty practical joke on him.
Absolution: Directed by Anthony Page. With Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly. At a boarding school in England, students Benjie Stanfield and Arthur Dyson endeavor to drive their strict Roman Catholic priest Father Goddard mad with their confessed sins.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Anthony Page
- 1988-07-01
Two boys (Dominic Guard, Dai Bradley) try to drive a strict priest (Richard Burton) mad with their confessed sins at a boarding school in England.
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- Anthony Page
- R
- Richard Burton
Much to the dismay of his austere housemaster, Father Goddard (Richard Burton), Stanfield begins associating with ne’er-do-well traveller Blakey (Billy Connolly) who's set up camp in the woodland adjacent to the school and whose bohemian lifestyle strikes the young lad as idyllic.
A hit man who works for the Russian mafia is sent to Berlin to retrieve the watch that Yuri Gagarin wore on his first flight to outer space....
- Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
- Nora Heutz
- Werner Schumann
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. At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand.
Two boys try to drive a strict priest mad with their confessed sins at a boarding school in England. At a Catholic public school, Benjamin "Benjie" Stanfield (Dominic Guard) is tired of being the teacher's pet and decides to play a practical joke on his form master Father Goddard (Richard Burton).
