War / Drama / Romance /

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Overview: England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

Cast:

Nicholas Hoult
J.R.R. Tolkien

Lily Collins
Edith Bratt

Colm Meaney
Father Francis Morgan

Derek Jacobi
Professor Joseph Wright

Harry Gilby
Young J.R.R. Tolkien

Mimi Keene
Young Edith Bratt

Anthony Boyle
Geoffrey Bache Smith

Adam Bregman
Young Geoffrey Bache Smith

Patrick Gibson
Robert Q. Gilson

Albie Marber
Young Robert Q. Gilson

Tom Glynn-Carney
Christopher Wiseman

Ty Tennant
Young Christopher Wiseman

Craig Roberts
Private Sam Hodges

Pam Ferris
Mrs. Faulkner

James MacCallum
Hilary Tolkien

Guillermo Bedward
Young Hilary Tolkien

Laura Donnelly
Mabel Tolkien

Genevieve O'Reilly
Mrs. Smith

Owen Teale
Headmaster Gilson

Al Bollands
First Soldier

Kallum Tolkien
Second Soldier

Nia Gwynne
Bronwen

Adrian Schiller
English Master

Toby Nash
Mackintosh

Michael Bryceson
Goodson-Thomas

Andrew Bissell
Rugby Coach

Sian Crisp
Waitress

Antony Raymond Barlow
Maître d'

David Puckridge
Box Office Man

David Bromley
Schoolmaster

Lara Maguire
Rose

Holly Dempster
Beryl

Jane Dixon-Rowland
Mary

David Birkbeck
Porter

Colin Macdonald Burnie
Professor #1

Andy Orchard
Professor #2

Frank Kerr
Drunken Student

Rob Rhys Bond
Photographer

Joel Phillimore
Lieutenant

John Bradfield
Student

Mia Woods
Priscilla Tolkien (Child)

Sienna Woods
Priscilla Tolkien (Child)

Paul Gurcel Escudero
Michael Tolkien (Child)

Harry Webster
John Tolkien Jnr. (Child)

Jack Riley
Christopher Tolkien (Child)