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Penda's Fen

  • 7.5 /10

  • 48

Plot

Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality.

Cast

Spencer Banks as Stephen Franklin
Spencer Banks

as Stephen Franklin

John Atkinson as Reverend J. Franklin
John Atkinson

as Reverend J. Franklin

Georgine Anderson as Mrs. Franklin
Georgine Anderson

as Mrs. Franklin

Ron Smerczak as Joel
Ron Smerczak

as Joel

Ian Hogg as Arne
Ian Hogg

as Arne

Jennie Heslewood as Mrs. Arne
Jennie Heslewood

as Mrs. Arne

Graham Leaman as Sir Edward Elgar
Graham Leaman

as Sir Edward Elgar

Christopher Douglas as Honeybone
Christopher Douglas

as Honeybone

John Richmond as Headmaster
John Richmond

as Headmaster

Ivor Roberts as Cooke
Ivor Roberts

as Cooke

Movie Facts

Rated

  • N/A

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • March 21, 1974

Production Companies

  • BBC

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.48 hrs

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Reviews

This tv movie/play definitely hit on topics among religion and politics with a sprinkling of "becoming a man" mixed in there. Definitely sets the date of this movie quite a bit but some of the talk of religion is still out there. Then we get to King Penda, he is a creepy little thing. I love it. Just giving you that night terror realness in that one scene. This can be a bit of a slow pace i…