Directed by:
Pat O'ConnorScreenplay:
Michael HirstCinematography:
Jerzy ZielinskiComposer:
Hans ZimmerCast:
Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Niamh Cusack, Julie Christie, Michael Kitchen, John Kavanagh, Sean McGinley, Johnny Murphy, Rúaidhrí Conroy (more)Plots(1)
After his family and ancestral home are destroyed by the British Army at the onset of the Irish war of independence, a withdrawn young man bides his time until he can exact revenge. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Iain Glen
UK
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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
USA
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Niamh Cusack
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Julie Christie
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Michael Kitchen
UK
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John Kavanagh
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Sean McGinley
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Johnny Murphy
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Rúaidhrí Conroy
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Neil Dudgeon
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Ian McElhinney
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Amy-Joyce Hastings
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Tom Hickey
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Catherine Byrne
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Niall Toibin
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Frankie McCafferty
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Sheila Flitton
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Rosaleen Linehan
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Mick Lally
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