Subtitled trailer for:
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Film information
Based on: The play by Mark Medoff
Story: An idealistic teacher of the deaf (William Hurt) becomes fascinated by a young, deaf-mute woman (Marlee Maitlin) who works as a janitor at his school. Angry and frustrated with the hearing world, she refuses to learn to lip-read - until the teacher comes into her life. Maitlin, who is herself deaf, won the Best Actress award for this role, her debut - the film was nominated for five.
Starring: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Alison Gompf, John Basinger, William D. Byrd, Frank Carter Jnr, John F. Cleary, Georgia Ann Cline, Bob Hiltermann, Philip Holmes, E. Katherine Kerr, John Limnidis
Directed by: Randa Haines
Music by: Michael Convertino
Produced by: Patrick Palmer
Written by: Hesper Anderson
DVD releases of this film:
 | Children of a Lesser God (1986) (Deleted)  | £3.99 |
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