Schindler's List
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Film / 1996
Some Mother's Son
Directed by
Terry George
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
The story
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
Cast
Helen MirrenKathleen Quigley
Fionnula FlanaganAnnie Higgins
Aidan GillenGerard Quigley
David O'HaraFrank Higgins
John LynchBobby Sands
Tom HollanderFarnsworth
Tim WoodwardHarrington
Ciarán HindsDanny Boyle
Geraldine O'RaweAlice Quigley
Gerard McSorleyFather Daly
Dan GordonInspector McPeake
Grainne DelanyTheresa Higgins
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Ciarán FitzgeraldLiam Quigley
Robert LangGovernment Minister
Stephen HoganYoung Turk
Peter HowittSAS Leader
Bosco HoganBritish Captain
Jimmy KeoghJimmy Higgins
John KavanaghCardinal
Oliver MaguireFrank Maguire
Doreen KeoghMother Superior
Anna MeganRosie Quigley
Hugh O'DonnellPaddy
John HigginsJohn Deegan
Joan SheehyWoman Searcher #1
Mal WhyteBarrister
Alan BarryJudge
Barry CassinProsecutor
Brian MallonPrison Officer Jones
Sean LawlorPlatoon Leader
Michael SherrieAssistant Governor
James HickeyYoung Son
Karen CarlislePrisoner's Girlfriend
Fiona HigginsPrisoner's Sister
Jer O'LearyHunger Striker #1
Tim McDonnellHunger Striker #2
Tony FlynnCyclist
Liam ByrnePrisoner Murphy
Pat MulryanIRA Man #1
Valerie RoeGirl in Farnsworth's Office
Deirdre McAliskeyWoman in Court
Michael O'SullivanPrison Officer Davis
Jennifer GibneyWoman Searcher #2
Robert TaylorElection Agent
Kate PerryPrison Officer's Widow
Anthony BrophyPrisoner's Leader
Mickey McEneaneyMerry Mac
Patrick McEneaneyMerry Mac
Gene BerrillsMerry Mac
Ronan O'DonoghueRadio Announcer
Richard NeilsonRadio Announcer
Richard ButlerMP (uncredited)
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