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  1. Absolution. (1978 film) 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. He sets out to investigate the prank and stumbles upon a ...

  2. Jul 1, 1988 · 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
  3. Absolution is as suitably chilly, gripping and tricksy affair as you'd perhaps come to expect from Anthony Shaffer, the man behind The Wicker Man, Frenzy and Sleuth. Directed by Anthony Page, it's a tale set in a Catholic public school, a tale of priests, revenge and the sanctity of confession. It stars Richard Burton who, then in the twilight ...

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    • Anthony Page
  4. Synopsis. At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. 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.

    • Anthony Page
    • 95 min
    • 3
  5. Absolution (1978) Absolution (1978) View more photos Movie Info Synopsis Two boys (Dominic Guard, Dai Bradley) try to drive a strict priest (Richard Burton) mad with their confessed sins at a ...

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    • Anthony Page
    • R
    • Richard Burton
  6. Sep 10, 2012 · Burton as the humourless teacher-priest in a Catholic boarding school oozes fleshly torment as his prize pupil (Guard) develops a malicious rebellious streak, indulged in by a cunning manipulation ...

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  8. 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. He sets out to investigate the prank and stumbles upon a dead body, leading to his life spiralling out of control.

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