| Ascendancy | |
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| Directed by | Edward Bennett |
| Written by | Edward Bennett Nigel Gearing |
| Produced by | Penny Clark |
| Starring | Julie Covington Ian Charleson |
| Cinematography | Clive Tickner |
| Edited by | Charles Rees George Akers |
| Music by | Ronnie Leahy |
| Distributed by | Production company: British Film Institute |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £250,000[1] or £183,000[2] |
Ascendancy is a 1983 British drama film directed by Edward Bennett and starring Julie Covington and Ian Charleson.[3] It tells the story of a woman who is a member of the British landowning 'Ascendancy' in Ireland during World War I. Gradually, she learns about the Irish independence movement, and becomes involved with it.[4]
- ^ BRITISH PRODUCTION 1981 Moses, Antoinette. Sight and Sound; London Vol. 51, Iss. 4, (Fall 1982): 258.
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 19.
- ^ "Ascendancy (1983)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Ascendancy (1982) - Edward Bennett | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.