Children of the Revolution

Nan
1h 41m
1996
5.5 /10 (21)

A red comedy about the ultimate party animals.

Overview

A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.

Country : Australia
Languages : English
Released Date: 1996-12-26

Top Billed Cast

Judy Davis

Joan Fraser Welch

Sam Neill

David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'

F. Murray Abraham

Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin

Richard Roxburgh

Joseph 'Joe' Welch

Rachel Griffiths

Constable Anna Welch

Geoffrey Rush

Zachary Welch

Russell Kiefel

Barry Rogers

John Gaden

Prof. C.W. 'Wilf' Wilke

Kenneth Radley

Bernard Shaw

Ben McIvor

Joe Welch at 8 Years

Fiona Press

Mavis Craig

Rowan Woods

Colin 'Col' Slansky

Alex Menglet

Yuri Nikolayev

Barry Langrishe

Ted

Ron Haddrick

Sir Allan Miles

Graham Ware Jr.

Harry

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