A Kind of Alaska

A Kind of Alaska

1984· 1h 40m
Drama

Directed by Kenneth Ives

6.0/ 10

Reviews

Overview

A masterly study of a middle-aged woman waking up after 30 years passed in a coma induced by sleeping sickness. In her mind she is still 16, and her attempts to fathom the changed world into which she re-emerges is not only poignant and emotionally charged but, in the end, devastatingly brilliant theatre as well.

Cast

Paul Scofield

Paul Scofield

Dr. Hornby

Dorothy Tutin

Dorothy Tutin

S

Susan Engel

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