The White Bird Passes (1980)
' I don't want to dust and polish. And I don't want to work on a farm. I want to write poetry, great poetry, as great as Shakespeare.' Those are the words of 16-year-old Janie as she comes to the end of a seven-year stay at an Aberdeenshire orphanage. (BBC Genome)
Director: Michael Radford
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Isobel Black as Liza |
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Phyllis Logan as Janie (age 16) |
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Vicki Masson as Janie (age 9) |
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Irene Sunters as |
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Jean Faulds as |
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Binkie Darling as |
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Rose McBain as |
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James Kennedy as |
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Eileen McCallum as |
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Marjorie Dalziel as |
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Ian Stewart as |
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Sheila Donald as |
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Joanna Keddie as |
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Mary Riggans as |
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Joan Fitzpatrick as |
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Willie Joss as |
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Ron Paterson as |
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David Mowat as |
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Billy Riddoch as |
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Derek Anders as |
| Directing | Michael Radford | Director |
| Writing | Michael Radford | Writer |
| Writing | Jessie Kesson | Book |