A mother's love outlives her child — and uncovers a house of horrors.
A teenage mother is forced to give up her baby for adoption and, 19 years later, when she tries to contact her son, she learns that he died, under questionable circumstances when he was three years old.
Acting
Beverly D'Angelo's raw, unglamorous unraveling.
Direction
Claudia Weill's unflinching gaze at domestic evil.
Director
Claudia Weill
Beverly D'Angelo
Jerry Sherwood
Dana Ivey
Lois Jurgens
Michael McGrady
Dennis
Max Gail
Mr. Jurgens
Hank Stratton
Robert Jurgens
Annabella Price
Melinda Elledge
Brent Jennings
Clayton Robinson
Gary Grubbs
Ron Meehan
Mackenzie Astin
Dennis Sherwood
Will Patton
Frank Maxwell
Barbara Tarbuck
Dr. Sackarow
Mary Pat Gleason
Mrs. Rory
Miko Hughes
Robert Jurgens (age 3)
Ron Perkins
James Essling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real 1965 death of Dennis Jurgens, Minnesota's most notorious child abuse case — the film helped reopen public interest in the cover-up.
Claudia Weill was one of few women directing TV movies in the '90s; she insisted on shooting the Jurgens home with creeping dread rather than melodrama.
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