Tolkien
War
Drama
Romance
A life of love, courage & fellowship.
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.
2019-05-03
en
Cast
Director
Dome Karukoski
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
Tom Glynn-Carney as Christopher Wiseman
Ty Tennant as Young Christopher Wiseman
Craig Roberts as Private Sam Hodges
Pam Ferris as Mrs. Faulkner
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
Nia Gwynne as Bronwen
Adrian Schiller as English Master
Sian Crisp as Waitress
David Bromley as Schoolmaster
Joel Phillimore as Lieutenant
Harry Webster as John Tolkien Jnr. (Child)