Among the Cinders is a 1983 New Zealand

Cinema of New Zealand

New Zealand cinema, can refer to films made by New Zealand-based production companies in New Zealand. However, it may also refer to films made about New Zealand by filmmakers from other countries...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Rolf Hädrich

Rolf Hädrich

Rolf Hädrich was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1958 and 1989. His film Delay in Marienborn was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...

 and starring Paul O'Shea, Amanda Jones Derek Hardwick and Yvonne Lawley. It is based on the 1965 novel of the same name by New Zealander Maurice Shadbolt

Maurice Shadbolt

Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt CBE was a New Zealand writer and playwright. He was born in Auckland, and educated at Te Kuiti High School, Avondale College and Auckland University College...

. After a hunting accident in which his friend is killed a boy runs away from home and goes to live with his grandparents, where he matures into a man.

Cast

• Paul O'Shea ... Nick Flinders
• Amanda Jones ... Glenys
• Derek Hardwick ... Grandfather
• Yvonne Lawley ... Grandmother
• Rebecca Gibney
  Rebecca Gibney
  Rebecca Catherine Gibney is a New Zealand born Australian actress.-Biography:Gibney was born the youngest of six children, and brought up in Wellington. She has said she wasn't so much funny as a "bit odd" as a child. "I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family...
  
   ... Sally
• Bridget Armstrong ... Helga
• Maurice Shadbolt
  Maurice Shadbolt
  Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt CBE was a New Zealand writer and playwright. He was born in Auckland, and educated at Te Kuiti High School, Avondale College and Auckland University College...
  
   ... Frank
• Marcus Broughton ... Derek
• Christopher Hansard ... Michael
• Ricky Duff ... Sam
• Harata Solomon ... Mrs. Waikai
• Michael Haigh ... Sergeant Crimmins
• Peter Baldock ... Clergyman
• Cherie O'Shea ... Nurse
• Tom Poata ... Ahu