The Children's Hour

Gossip if it packed a real wallop. A student's cruel lie poisons the lives of two headmistresses at a girls' school. Wyler revisits a stage hit, trading expressionism for social realism.

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William Wyler directed The Children's Hour in 1961. See William Wyler's full filmography, where to start with William Wyler, or where to go after you've seen everything by William Wyler.

The Children's Hour was released in 1961 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.