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A Diary for Timothy

Film

A Diary for Timothy

6.6

0h 39m

1945

Synopsis

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.

Director

Humphrey Jennings

Documentary

world war iishort film

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Cast & Crew

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

as Narrator (voice)

Myra Hess

as Self (Pianist)

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

as Hamlet

Frederick Allen

as Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)

Bill

as Self - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)

Elizabeth Jenkins

as Self - Tim's Mother (uncredited)

Elvin Jenkins

as Self - Tim's Father (uncredited)

Timothy James Jenkins

as Self - Tim (uncredited)

Jennifer

as Self - 5 Year-Old Girl (uncredited)

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