Constance

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Constance

"Falling in love again, never wanted to ..."

1985

1h 44m

6.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.

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49 members

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Donogh Rees

Constance Elsworthy

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Martin Vaughan

Alexander Elsworthy

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Judie Douglass

Sylvia Elsworthy

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Donald MacDonald

John Munroe

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Graham Harvey

Errol Barr

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Mark Wignall

Richard Lewis

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Hester Joyce

Noeline

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Shane Briant

Simon Malyon

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Lee Grant

Mrs. Barr

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Jonathan Hardy

Randolf Grieve

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Elric Hooper

Freddie

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Gay Dean

Lady Bridgewater

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Beryl Te Wiata

Mrs. Mair

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Yvonne Lawley

Mrs. Willard

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Paul Owen-Lowe

Peter Merritt

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Dai Evans

Bishop Lewis

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Joan Foster

Mrs. Lewis

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Susan Trainor

Naked Lady

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Barbara Doherty

Dancer

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Susan Paterson

Dancer

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Joane Power

Dancer

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Kathryn Lawrence

Dancer

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Kit Surring

Dancer

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Elizabeth Hill

Dancer

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Jules Regal

Organist

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Dana Purkis

Young Constance

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Miranda Pritchard

Jenny West

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Roman Watkins

John Valotta

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Lenore Truscott

Dance Hall Pianist

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Stephen Taylor

Barney

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Mark Hadlow

Errol's Friend

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Lois Haynes

Horsey Deb

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Don Kjestrup

Colonel Barr

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Ellen Phillips

Maid

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Mrs. Fitzwilliams

Pianist

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Mrs. Scott

Pianist

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Philip Peacock

Randolf's Assistant

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Phillip Rikihana

Sailor

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Frank Mitchell

Minister

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Bill Le Marquand

Lawyer

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Paul Grinder

50's Man

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Kate Hood

Library Assistant

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Jack Cormack

Butcher

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Noel Appelby

Barman

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Harold Frazer

Bar Singer

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Rod Collison

Policeman 1

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William Kircher

Police Officer

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Michael Hurst

Photographer

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Spencer Faulkner

Boy on Bicycle

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