A Diary for Timothy (1945)

★ 6.8/10 39 min Documentary United Kingdom English

Director: Humphrey Jennings

Writer: E.M. Forster

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Description

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.

Michael Redgrave Narrator (voice)

Myra Hess Self (Pianist)

John Gielgud Hamlet

Frederick Allen Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)

Bill Self - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)

Elizabeth Jenkins Self - Tim's Mother (uncredited)

Elvin Jenkins Self - Tim's Father (uncredited)

Timothy James Jenkins Self - Tim (uncredited)