Movie: A Diary for Timothy

Top 10 Billed Cast

Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave

Narrator (voice)

Myra Hess
Myra Hess

Self (Pianist)

John Gielgud
John Gielgud

Hamlet

Frederick Allen
Frederick Allen

Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)

Bill
Bill

Self - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)

Elizabeth Jenkins
Elizabeth Jenkins

Self - Tim's Mother (uncredited)

Elvin Jenkins
Elvin Jenkins

Self - Tim's Father (uncredited)

Timothy James Jenkins
Timothy James Jenkins

Self - Tim (uncredited)

Jennifer
Jennifer

Self - 5 Year-Old Girl (uncredited)

Frank Phillips
Frank Phillips

Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1945-11-01

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    6.84

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    3.4 starts
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