The Devil's Playground
Released: 1976
Drama
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.
Starring: Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley, John Diedrich, Alan Cinis, Richard Morgan
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Written by: Fred Schepisi
Language: English
Scenes
The main character is an adolescent boy at a Catholic boarding school. He has a chronic bed-wetting problem and is shown washing his sheets in at least three different scenes. The other boys nickname him "Piss-The-Bed."
Alternate Titles
Spielplatz des Teufels