My Dear Palestrina 1980 Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence
'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".'
Release Date 5 December 1980
Cast
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
