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6.4/10   459 votes
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Director:
Anthony Page
Writers:
Joanne Greenberg (novel)
Gavin Lambert (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 October 1977 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy more
Plot:
A disturbed,institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Pretty good film, although not that pleasant to watch more (11 total)

Cast

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Kathleen Quinlan ... Deborah Blake
Bibi Andersson ... Dr. Fried
Ben Piazza ... Jay Blake
Lorraine Gary ... Ester Blake
Martine Bartlett ... Secret Wife
Margo Ann Berdeshevsky ... Drawing Patient
Darlene Craviotto ... Carla
Reni Santoni ... Hobbs
Susan Tyrrell ... Lee
Signe Hasso ... Helene
Norman Alden ... McPherson
Sylvia Sidney ... Miss Coral

Dennis Quaid ... Shark, Baseball Pitcher

Karin de la Penha ... Nurse (as Elizabeth Dartmoor)
Robert Viharo ... Anterrabae
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 (orginal rating) | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:18 (1978) | Sweden:15 | USA:R
Company:
Fadsin Cinema Associates more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Natalie Wood had planned to produce as well as star (in the role of Deborah which was eventually played by Kathleen Quinlan) in this film, but those plans never materialized. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Beginning of the End (#6.17)" (1993) more

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2 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Pretty good film, although not that pleasant to watch, 28 February 2006
7/10
Author: smatysia (feldene@comcast.net) from Houston

Pretty good film, although not that pleasant to watch. This was done the year after "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" swept the major Oscars, so it might have been an attempt to cash in. Kathleen Quinlan was outstanding, though she was so young, I might not have recognized her if I hadn't known. She played the mentally disturbed extremely well, largely by not over-doing it, passing on the chance to chew the scenery. The story is about a young girl (16 or so) committed to a mental hospital in what looks like the 1950's. Bibi Anderssen as the psychiatrist seemed to be a follower of Freud, who has since been discredited. A previous commenter said that "Deborah" would not likely be considered schizophrenic today. I have not read the book that this was based on, but the movie portrays Deborah as profoundly mentally ill. Seems schizo to me.

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