Pieta (1987 film)

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Pieta
Directed byMonique Schwarz [1]
Starring Maggie Millar
Sally Cooper
Production
company
Ebony Films
Distributed by ABC
Release date
  • 31 January 1988 (1988-01-31)
Running time
76 mins
Country Australia
Language English

Pieta is a 1987 Australian television film about a woman who commits murder. [2] It was also known as Shadowplay. [3]

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References

  1. Monique Schwarz bio at Innersense accessed 18 July 2013
  2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p120
  3. "Interview with Monique Schwarz" accessed 18 July 2013