Penda's Fen

1974 88 min ★ 7.5 TV Movie, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality.

Cast

Spencer Banks

Stephen Franklin

John Atkinson

Reverend J. Franklin

Georgine Anderson

Mrs. Franklin

Ron Smerczak

Joel

Ian Hogg

Arne

Jennie Heslewood

Mrs. Arne

Graham Leaman

Sir Edward Elgar

Christopher Douglas

Honeybone

John Richmond

Headmaster

Ivor Roberts

Cooke

Details

Director

Alan Clarke

Tagline

"I'm Nothing Pure"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

BBC

Reviews

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Wiccaburr

September 28, 2020

★ 7/10

This tv movie/play definitely hit on topics among religion and politics with a sprinkling of "becoming a man" mixed in there. Definitely sets the date of this movie quite a bit but some of the talk of religion is still out there. Then we get to King Penda, he is a creepy little thing. I love it. Just giving you that night terror realness in that one scene. This can be a bit of a slow pace in...