The White Bird Passes
1980 • 1h 5m
' I don't want to dust and polish. And I don't want to work on a farm. I want to write poetry, great poetry, as great as Shakespeare.' Those are the words of 16-year-old Janie as she comes to the end of a seven-year stay at an Aberdeenshire orphanage. (BBC Genome)
- Director
- Michael Radford
- Writers
- Michael Radford
- Status
- Released
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Isobel Black
Liza

Phyllis Logan
Janie (age 16)
Vicki Masson
Janie (age 9)
Irene Sunters
Jean Faulds
Binkie Darling
Rose McBain
James Kennedy

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Marjorie Dalziel

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