Fireworks for Elspeth

1983 · 51 min · Romance, TV Movie

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her desire to become a nun. She experiences her parents' hurt, her fiancee's feeling of betrayal, her friends' incomprehension - and her own obstinate joy.

Director: Alvin Rakoff
Writer: Lee Langley
Released: October 2, 1983
Language: English

Cast

Fiona Shaw
Elspeth
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Mrs. Erskine
Robert Addie
Larry
Simon Cowell-Parker
Colin
Katy Durham-Matthews
Young Elspeth
Richard Garnett
Robert
Joanne Good
Sarah
Randal Herley
Uncle Arthur
Dione Inman
Daphne
Pauline Jefferson
Mrs. Cox
Sheila Keith
Mrs. Bannerman
David Langton
Mr. Erskine

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