Tolkien

Tolkien

112 mins | Drama, Romance, War | May 3, 2019

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.

Tolkien

112 mins | Drama, Romance, War | May 3, 2019

Tolkien
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Fox Searchlight Pictures, Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment
Original title Tolkien
Directors Danielle Blaise Taylor, Toni Staples, Gemma Nunn, Camilla Southwell, Maria Reinup, Thomas Bassett, Antti Lahtinen, San Davey, Stuart Renfrew, Dome Karukoski
Writers Stephen Beresford, David Gleeson

Cast

Nicholas Hoult

as J.R.R. Tolkien

Lily Collins

as Edith Bratt

Colm Meaney

as Father Francis Morgan

Derek Jacobi

as Professor Joseph Wright

Harry Gilby

as Young J.R.R. Tolkien

Mimi Keene

as Young Edith Bratt

Anthony Boyle

as Geoffrey Bache Smith

Adam Bregman

as Young Geoffrey Bache Smith

Patrick Gibson

as Robert Q. Gilson

Albie Marber

as Young Robert Q. Gilson

Tom Glynn-Carney

as Christopher Wiseman

Ty Tennant

as Young Christopher Wiseman

Craig Roberts

as Private Sam Hodges

Pam Ferris

as Mrs. Faulkner

James MacCallum

as Hilary Tolkien

Guillermo Bedward

as Young Hilary Tolkien

Laura Donnelly

as Mabel Tolkien

Genevieve O'Reilly

as Mrs. Smith

Owen Teale

as Headmaster Gilson

Al Bollands

as First Soldier

Kallum Tolkien

as Second Soldier

Nia Gwynne

as Bronwen

Adrian Schiller

as English Master

Toby Nash

as Mackintosh

Michael Bryceson

as Goodson-Thomas

Andrew Bissell

as Rugby Coach

Sian Crisp

as Waitress

Antony Raymond Barlow

as MaƮtre d'

David Puckridge

as Box Office Man

David Bromley

as Schoolmaster

Lara Maguire

as Rose

Holly Dempster

as Beryl

David Birkbeck

as Porter

Colin Macdonald Burnie

as Professor #1

Andy Orchard

as Professor #2

Frank Kerr

as Drunken Student

Rob Rhys Bond

as Photographer

Joel Phillimore

as Lieutenant

John Bradfield

as Student

Mia Woods

as Priscilla Tolkien (Child)

Sienna Woods

as Priscilla Tolkien (Child)

Paul Gurcel Escudero

as Michael Tolkien (Child)

Harry Webster

as John Tolkien Jnr. (Child)

Jack Riley

as Christopher Tolkien (Child)