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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)

Peter Robert

Peter Robert

Self - RAF Pilot (uncredited)

George Woodbridge

George Woodbridge

Gravedigger (uncredited)

Crew

Humphrey Jennings

Humphrey Jennings

Director

E.M. Forster

E.M. Forster

Writer

Basil Wright

Basil Wright

Producer

Richard Addinsell

Richard Addinsell

Original Music Composer

Stewart McAllister

Stewart McAllister

Editor

Jock May

Jock May

Sound Recordist

Ken Cameron

Ken Cameron

Sound Recordist

Fred Gamage

Fred Gamage

Director of Photography

Alan Osbiston

Alan Osbiston

Supervising Editor

Jenny Hutt

Jenny Hutt

Negative Cutter

Muir Mathieson

Muir Mathieson

Conductor

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A Diary for Timothy

19456.6 / 1039 min
Documentary

Overview

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.