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Film · 1945
A Diary for Timothy
39mDirected by Humphrey Jennings
- Documentary
A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.
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Cast
Michael RedgraveNarrator (voice)- Myra HessSelf (Pianist)
John GielgudHamlet- Frederick AllenSelf (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
- BillSelf - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)
- Elizabeth JenkinsSelf - Tim's Mother (uncredited)
- Elvin JenkinsSelf - Tim's Father (uncredited)
- Timothy James JenkinsSelf - Tim (uncredited)
- JenniferSelf - 5 Year-Old Girl (uncredited)
- Frank PhillipsSelf (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
- Peter RobertSelf - RAF Pilot (uncredited)
George WoodbridgeGravedigger (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Humphrey Jennings
- Writer
- E.M. Forster
- Music
- Richard Addinsell
- Cinematography
- Fred Gamage
- Editor
- Stewart McAllister
- Producer
- Basil Wright
- Release
- November 1, 1945
- Runtime
- 39m
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Crown Film Unit
- TMDB score
- 6.8 / 10 from 26 votes
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