My Childhood

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My Childhood (1972)

Directed by Bill Douglas

Drama · 47m

The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.

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Cast

Stephen Archibald Jamie Hughie Restorick Tommy Jean Taylor Smith Grandmother
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Karl Fieseler Helmuth Bernard McKenna Tommy's father Paul Kermack Jamie's father Helena Gloag Father's mother
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Ann Smith Jamie's mother Eileen McCallum Nurse
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Helen Rae Bus conductress
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James Eccles Man singing

Crew

Director
Bill Douglas
Writer
Bill Douglas
Editor
Brand Thumim
Producer
Geoffrey Evans

Details

Release date
1972-06-05
Runtime
47m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
BFI