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.
- Released
- 13 Sep 1996
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Also known as
- Teufelskreis der Gewalt, Сыновья
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Writers
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Simpson
- Editor
- Craig McKay
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Cast
Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
Tim Woodward
Harrington
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
Dan Gordon
Inspector McPeake
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
