演職員表
艾丹·奎因 Aidan Quinn ...... William Franklin
伊恩·格雷 Iain Glen ...... Brother John
Marc Warren ...... Brother Mac
Dudley Sutton ...... Brother Tom
Alan Devlin ...... Father Damian
Stuart Graham ...... Brother Whelan
John Travers ...... Liam Mercier 636
Chris Newman ...... Patrick Delaney 743
Andrew Simpson ...... Gerard Peters 458
Mark Butler ...... Downey 913
Bernard Manning ...... Rogers 855
Samuel Bright ...... Ryan 126
Robert Sheehan ...... O Reilly 58
Caoimhin 'Tojo' Barry Doherty ...... Murphy 338 (as Caoimhin 'Tojo' Barry Doherty)
Michael McGee ...... Lynch 76
John Collins ...... O Connor 252
Michael Scott ...... Flynn 144
Robert White ...... Galvin 544
Michael Sloan ...... Sean Peters 568
Claus Bue ...... Bishop Conlon
Jude Sweeney ...... Father O'Driscoll
Joe O'Gorman ...... Sergeant Fitzpatrick
John Hand ...... Mr. Peters
Nessa Fitzgerald ...... Mrs. Keogh
Simone Bendix ...... Rosa
Danny Sapani ...... Preston
Juan José Ballesta ...... Ernesto
John McDonnell ...... Execution Officer
劇情梗概
影片揭露三十年代愛爾蘭一間
男童院的陰暗面。男主角富有改革社會的理想,相信詩歌可改變人心。他剛打完西班牙內戰回來,在男童院當教師,即跟暴戾成性的院長神父發生衝突。這些每因小過而被關進來的少年,在院長眼中只是畜牲,但整個教會和國家均對神父的暴力和性侵犯視而不見。