Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution

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

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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

Alex Menglet

Yuri Nikolayev

Barry Langrishe

Ted

Ron Haddrick

Sir Allan Miles

Graham Ware Jr.

Harry

WriterStephen Abbott

DirectorRowan Woods

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Release dateDec 26 1996

Runtime1 hour 41 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguageEnglish

Production companiesAustralian Asset Securities Limited, Rev Kids, Australian Film Finance Corporation, New South Wales Film & Television Office

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