--- title: 'The Devil''s Playground (1976)' type: 'film' director: 'Fred Schepisi' released: '1976-08-12' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' countries: - 'Australia' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-devils-playground-1976' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074404/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Devil's Playground (1976) 1976 · 107 min · Drama, History · Australia ## Synopsis The Devil's Playground is a 1976 Australian drama film written, produced and directed by Fred Schepisi. It is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a boy growing up and going to school in a Catholic juniorate administered by De La Salle Brothers. Its focus is on the trials of the flesh and the tensions that arise, for both Brothers and students, from the religious injunction to control one's sexuality. It is considered part of the Australian New Wave film genre. ## Credits - **Director:** [Fred Schepisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-schepisi) - **Screenplay:** [Fred Schepisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-schepisi) - **Producer:** [Fred Schepisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-schepisi) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bruce Smeaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-smeaton) - **Director of Photography:** [Ian Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-baker) - **Editor:** [Brian Kavanagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-kavanagh) ## Cast - [Arthur Dignam](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-dignam) - [Thomas Keneally](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-keneally) - [Nick Tate](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-tate) - [Jonathan Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hardy) - [Simon Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-burke) - [John Frawley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-frawley-2) - [Gerry Duggan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-duggan) - [Sheila Florance](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheila-florance) - [John Diedrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-diedrich) - [Alan Cinis](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-cinis) - [Richard Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-morgan) - [Jeremy Kewley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-kewley) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-devils-playground-1976 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3520601); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.