Ascendancy (film)

Ascendancy
Directed by	Edward Bennett
Produced by	Penny Clark
Written by	Edward Bennett Nigel Gearing
Starring	Julie Covington Ian Charleson
Music by	Ronnie Leahy
Cinematography	Clive Tickner
Distributed by	Production company: British Film Institute
Release dates	1983
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Ascendancy is a 1983 British film. It tells the story of a woman who is a member of the British landowning 'Ascendancy' in Ireland during World War I. Gradually, she learns about the Irish independence movement, and becomes involved with it.

Cast

Julie Covington as Connie Wintour
Ian Charleson as Lt. Ryder
John Phillips as Wintour
Susan Engel as Nurse
Philip Locke as Dr Strickland
Kieran Montague as Dr Kelson
Rynagh O'Grady as Rose
Philomena McDonagh as Mary
Michael McKnight as Vesey
Jeremy Sinden as Darcy
Shay Gorman as Keir

Awards

The film was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear.^[1]

References

↑ "Berlinale: 1983 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-11-14.

External links

Ascendancy at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
Ascendancy at the Internet Movie Database
Ascendancy at AllMovie

Golden Bear-winning films

Four in a Jeep (1951)
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
In Beaver Valley (1951)
Justice Is Done (1951)
Cinderella (1951)
One Summer of Happiness (1952)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Die Ratten (1955)
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1958)
Les Cousins (1959)
El Lazarillo de Tormes (1960)
La Notte (1961)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
To Bed or Not to Bed (1963)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Dry Summer (1964)
Alphaville (1965)
Cul-de-sac (1966)
The Departure (1967)
Who Saw Him Die? (1968)
Early Works (1969)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971)
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Distant Thunder (1973)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Adoption (1975)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
The Ascent (1977)
Ascensor (1978)
Las truchas (1978)
What Max Said (1978)
David (1979)
Heartland (1980)
Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980)
Deprisa, Deprisa (1981)
Veronika Voss (1982)
Ascendancy (1983)
La colmena (1983)
Love Streams (1984)
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Wetherby (1985)
Stammheim (1986)
The Theme (1987)
Red Sorghum (1988)
Rain Man (1989)
Music Box (1990)
Larks on a String (1990)
The House of Smiles (1991)
Grand Canyon (1992)
Woman Sesame Oil Maker (1993)
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
In the Name of the Father (1994)
The Bait (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (1996)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1997)
Central Station (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1999)
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Intimacy (2001)
Spirited Away (2002)
Bloody Sunday (2002)
In This World (2003)
Head-On (2004)
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
Grbavica (2006)
Tuya's Marriage (2007)
Elite Squad (2008)
The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
Honey (2010)
A Separation (2011)
Caesar Must Die (2012)
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