< Sylvia (1985)

MOVIE | 1h 35m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 6.7 (66)

Biography, Drama | Real-life story of Sylvia Ashton Warner's pioneering work teaching Maori children to read in the 1940's.

• Director: Michael Firth
• Writer: Michele Quill
• Writer: F. Fairfax
• Writer: Michael Firth
• Writer: Sylvia Ashton-Warner
• Eleanor David (30) - Sylvia Ashton Warner
• Nigel Terry (40) - Aden Morris
• Tom Wilkinson (37) - Keith Henderson
• Mary Regan - Opal Saunders
• Martyn Sanderson (47) - Inspector Gulland
• Terence Cooper (52) - Inspector Bletcher
• David Letch - Inspector Scragg
• Sarah Peirse - Vivian Wallop
• Joe George (58) - Seven
• Eileen Glover - Lilac
• Graham Glover - Ashton
• Tessa Wells - Jasmine
• Jonathan Porteous - Elliot
• Cherie Nepia - Pearly
• Robert Nepia - Ihaka
• Erica Edwards-Brown - Olga
• Paul King - Tiny
• Frank Nathan - Wai
• Awhina Solomon - Moana
• Kristoffer Hauraki - Hauwiti