Kino Lorber have confirmed that they will release on Blu-ray director Anthony Page's thriller
Absolution (1978), starring Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, and David Bradley. The release, which will be sourced from a new HD master, will arrive on the market later this year.
Synopsis: In one of the most compelling and riveting performances of his career, Richard Burton (
Where Eagle's Dare, Cleopatra) portrays Father Goddard, an uncompromising but determined priest who unwittingly bemuse the victim of his own tyrannical behavior.
Based on a true story, Anthony Schaeffer's startling psychological thriller is set in an English boy's school, where two students, Dai Bradley (
Zulu Dawn, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Dominic Guardd (
Ghandi, Lord of the Rings) topple over the edge of sanity into a psychotic realm of deadly games.