Children of the Revolution

Dec 26, 1996

1h 41m

★ 5.5

A red comedy about the ultimate party animals.

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Australian Asset Securities Limited

Rev Kids

Australian Film Finance Corporation

New South Wales Film & Television Office

Children of the Revolution Trailers

Cast

Joan Fraser Welch

Judy Davis

David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'

Sam Neill

Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin

F. Murray Abraham

Joseph 'Joe' Welch

Richard Roxburgh

Constable Anna Welch

Rachel Griffiths

Zachary Welch

Geoffrey Rush

Barry Rogers

Russell Kiefel

Prof. C.W. 'Wilf' Wilke

John Gaden

Bernard Shaw

Kenneth Radley

Joe Welch at 8 Years

Ben McIvor

Mavis Craig

Fiona Press

Colin 'Col' Slansky

Rowan Woods

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