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Words Upon the Window Pane is a 1994 Irish drama film directed by Mary McGuckian and starring Geraldine Chaplin, Ian Richardson, and Jim Sheridan. McGuckian directorial debut, it is based on William Butler Yeats' one-act play of the same name. Pat O'Connor was billed to direct the project but he personally offered McGuckian, who was writing the screenplay at the time, the opportunity to also direct. The film received its US premiere on 10 June 1994 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts as part of the largest retrospective of Irish film ever shown outside Ireland. In September that year, the film was screened at the 51st Venice International Film Festival.
Original Release
06/10/1994
Cast
Name | Character |
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Geraldine Chaplin | Miss McKenna |
Brid Brennan | Stella (Esther Johnson) / Stella |
Geraldine James | Mrs. Henderson |
Hugh O'Conor | Cabin Boy |
Brendan Conroy | Padge |
Donal Donnelly | Cornelius Patterson |
Mikel Murfi | Watchmaker |
Mal Whyte | Watchmaker |
Gerard McSorley | Abraham Johnson |
John Lynch | John Corbet |
Directors
Writers
Mary McGuckian, William Butler Yeats
Cast
Name | Character |
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Geraldine Chaplin | Miss McKenna |
Brid Brennan | Stella (Esther Johnson) / Stella |
Geraldine James | Mrs. Henderson |
Hugh O'Conor | Cabin Boy |
Brendan Conroy | Padge |
Donal Donnelly | Cornelius Patterson |
Mikel Murfi | Watchmaker |
Mal Whyte | Watchmaker |
Gerard McSorley | Abraham Johnson |
John Lynch | John Corbet |
Ian Richardson | Dr. Trench |
Gemma Craven | Mrs. Mallet |
Jim Sheridan | Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift |
Kate Flynn | Crockshaft |
Sean O'Donovan | Passenger |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Flood | Executive Producer |
Uwe Franke | Executive Producer |
Uew Franlie | Executive Producer |
Werner Possardt | Executive Producer |
Tom Reeve | Executive Producer |
Romain Schroeder | Executive Producer |
Mary McGuckian | Producer |
Anna J. Devlin | Producer |