My Childhood

My Childhood

1972
47m
7.0

7.0/10

51 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

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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Production Information

Production Companies
BFI
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

scotland coming of age autobiographical child neglect animal cruelty 1940s

Quick Facts

Release Date June 5, 1972
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0068983

Cast

Stephen Archibald
Stephen Archibald

Jamie

Hughie Restorick
Hughie Restorick

Tommy

Jean Taylor Smith
Jean Taylor Smith

Grandmother

Karl Fieseler
Karl Fieseler

Helmuth

Bernard McKenna
Bernard McKenna

Tommy's father

Paul Kermack
Paul Kermack

Jamie's father

Helena Gloag
Helena Gloag

Father's mother

Ann Smith
Ann Smith

Jamie's mother

Eileen McCallum
Eileen McCallum

Nurse

Helen Rae
Helen Rae

Bus conductress

James Eccles
James Eccles

Man singing

Key Crew

Bill Douglas
Director
Bill Douglas
Writer
Geoffrey Evans
Producer