Tolkien (2019)
Rating: 6.9/10
Duration: 112 min
Director(s): Dome Karukoski,
Description:
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
- Harry Gilby as Young J.R.R. Tolkien
- Colm Meaney as Father Francis Morgan
- Anthony Boyle as Geoffrey Bache Smith
- Patrick Gibson as Robert Q. Gilson
- Mimi Keene as Young Edith Bratt
- Lily Collins as Edith Bratt
- Derek Jacobi as Professor Joseph Wright
- Nicholas Hoult as J.R.R. Tolkien
- Craig Roberts as Private Sam Hodges
- Adam Bregman as Young Geoffrey Bache Smith
- Albie Marber as Young Robert Q. Gilson
- Tom Glynn-Carney as Christopher Wiseman
- Ty Tennant as Young Christopher Wiseman
- Pam Ferris as Mrs. Faulkner
- James MacCallum as Hilary Tolkien