Stalin's Sickle

Synopsis

It is 1962. New Zealand is emerging from the austerity of the 1950s into a new age. Daniel is a nine-year-old Catholic boy, an only child given to colourful imaginings. He discovers that an old man who passes the plate in church bears a striking resemblance to the great Russian dictator, Joseph Stalin. Daniel starts to believe that the old man really is Stalin, come to take over New Zealand. Daniel takes it upon himself to give Stalin a fright and send him on his way. He hits on a method of doing so after finding where the old man lives and spying on him. Stalin is banished, but events take a strange twist, leaving Daniel with an even worse threat to deal with.

Main Cast

Stacey Adams

Daniel

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Jim Macfarlane

Stalin

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Costa Botes
Writing	Writer	Costa Botes Anne Kennedy
	Original Story	Michael Morrissey
Production	Producer	Brian Sweeney Costa Botes
Camera	Director of Photography	Murray Milne
Editing	Editor	Peter Evans
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