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My Childhood

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6.9/10 • 46

1972-06-050h 47m

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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.

Directors
Bill Douglas
Writters
Bill Douglas
Editors
Bill Douglas, Brand Thumim

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  1. Stephen Archibald

    Stephen Archibald

    Jamie

  2. Hughie Restorick

    Hughie Restorick

    Tommy

  3. Jean Taylor Smith

    Jean Taylor Smith

    Grandmother

  4. Karl Fieseler

    Karl Fieseler

    Helmuth

  5. Bernard McKenna

    Bernard McKenna

    Tommy's father

  6. Paul Kermack

    Paul Kermack

    Jamie's father

  7. Helena Gloag

    Helena Gloag

    Father's mother

  8. Ann Smith

    Ann Smith

    Jamie's mother

  9. Eileen McCallum

    Eileen McCallum

    Nurse

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
scotlandcoming of ageautobiographicalchild neglectanimal cruelty1940s