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A Diary for Timothy

6.8194539mMovieDocumentary

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.

DirectorHumphrey Jennings
WriterE.M. Forster
ProducerBasil Wright

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Cast · Directed by Humphrey Jennings

MRMichael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Narrator (voice)
MH
Myra Hess
Self (Pianist)
JGJohn Gielgud
John Gielgud
Hamlet
FA
Frederick Allen
Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
B
Bill
Self - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)
EJ
Elizabeth Jenkins
Self - Tim's Mother (uncredited)
EJ
Elvin Jenkins
Self - Tim's Father (uncredited)
TJ
Timothy James Jenkins
Self - Tim (uncredited)
J
Jennifer
Self - 5 Year-Old Girl (uncredited)
FP
Frank Phillips
Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
PR
Peter Robert
Self - RAF Pilot (uncredited)
GWGeorge Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
Gravedigger (uncredited)

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