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Tight 30-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Children's Story
1982 0h 30m EN
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8.0
BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 3
Synopsis
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A just-established totalitarian government places a new teacher in a classroom of young children while the old teacher is sent away. The new teacher challenges the students' view of their world. Young Johnny asks questions, but the teacher manages to twist the truth into reasonable answers. It doesn't take long for the children to see things the new teacher's way.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Mildred Dunnock
The Old Teacher
Michaela Clavell
The New Teacher (as Michaela Ross)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- James Clavell
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The take
James Clavell directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 30-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 244 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Mildred Dunnock and Michaela Clavell carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0363514 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 30 min · 0h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
James Clavell
Key crew
- NovelJames Clavell
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1982-09-25
