A State of Siege
1978, English. Directed by Vincent Ward.
Malfred Signal leaves her life of stifling gentility as an art teacher in a South Island private girls' school and decides to live out her dream – painting alone in the remote North. One terrifying night, beset by a prowler, but confronting only her own image at every step, she relives her past.
- Runtime
- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 April 1978
- Country
- New Zealand
- Written by
- Timothy White, Vincent Ward
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A State of Siege isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 1978. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed A State of Siege?
A State of Siege (1978) was directed by Vincent Ward and stars Anne Flannery, Peggy Walker, John Bullock.