Film

My Dear Palestrina

1980

IMDb

6.2

'One of your Popes had a great thing to say once. He had been listening to some music by Palestrina with Palestrina himself. He said to him, " The law, my dear Palestrina, ought to employ your music to lead hardened criminals to repentance".'

Eleanor Bron

Miss Schwarz

Mandy McIlwaine

Marie

Edward Byrne

Priest

Declan McBrien

Mingo

Liam Neeson

Blacksmith

Doreen Hepburn

Letty

Paul Antrim

Father

Alec Sabin

Wyroslawski

Ronan Downey

Danny MacErlane

Valerie Lilley

Mother

J.G. Devlin

Tam

Jack McQuoid

First Removal Man

Ciaran Downs

Second Removal Man

• Diarmuid LawrenceDirector
• Bernard MacLavertyWriter
• Neil ZeigerProducer

Release date

December 5, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

English