An Ordered Life
1980, English. Directed by Peter Smith.
Colin Jeavons is the German composer Anton Webern who survives Naziism only to be shot by an American GI in the closing days of WW2. Daniel Gerroll plays his son Stephen who, against his father's wishes, joined the Wehrmacht and was killed in a railway accident in 1943.
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Peter SmithDirector
- Colin JeavonsThe Composer
- Nell BrennanAmalia
- Daniel GerrollPeter
- Margaret HeeryMinna
- Andrew LodgeKarl Rosen
- Clive SwiftDirector of Austrian State Radio
- Steve UbelsMusic Student
- Tony SibbaldAmerican Sergeant
- Richard ReesChinese-American Solider
- Mark RogersGerman Soldier
- Alec LinsteadNazi Official
- Jennie StollerJena Rosen
Details
- Released
- 10 August 1980
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Stephen Deutsch
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Who directed An Ordered Life?
An Ordered Life (1980) was directed by Peter Smith and stars Colin Jeavons, Nell Brennan, Daniel Gerroll.