Memoirs of a Survivor Year Released: 1981 Released by: National Film Trustee Company Category: Drama

In A World Gone Mad, Reality Is The Ultimate Illusion.

Julie Christie and Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of King George) star in this powerful adaptation of the acclaimed international best-seller by Doris Lessing.

In a society ravaged by post-nuclear anarchy, a middle-aged woman attempts to survive in a lawless city by discovering a world of Victorian slendor within herself. But when she takes responsiblity for an abandoned teenage girl, the two are drawn into the horrors of feral youth gangs who control the crumbling streets. What are the shocking rules of survival in this brutal world of the future? And what is the startling vision of truth from a fantasy world of the past?

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