Plot
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.
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Cast
Nicholas Hoult
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lily Collins
Edith Bratt
Colm Meaney
Father Francis Morgan
Derek Jacobi
Professor Joseph Wright
Harry Gilby
Young J.R.R. Tolkien
Mimi Keene
Young Edith Bratt
Anthony Boyle
Geoffrey Bache Smith
Adam Bregman
Young Geoffrey Bache Smith
Patrick Gibson
Robert Q. Gilson
Albie Marber
Young Robert Q. Gilson
Tom Glynn-Carney
Christopher Wiseman
Ty Tennant
Young Christopher Wiseman
Craig Roberts
Private Sam Hodges
Pam Ferris
Mrs. Faulkner
James MacCallum
Hilary Tolkien
Guillermo Bedward
Young Hilary Tolkien
Laura Donnelly
Mabel Tolkien
Genevieve O'Reilly
Mrs. Smith
Owen Teale
Headmaster Gilson
Al Bollands
First Soldier
Kallum Tolkien
Second Soldier
Nia Gwynne
Bronwen
Adrian Schiller
English Master
Toby Nash
Mackintosh
Michael Bryceson
Goodson-Thomas
Andrew Bissell
Rugby Coach
Sian Crisp
Waitress
Antony Raymond Barlow
Maître d'
David Puckridge
Box Office Man
David Bromley
Schoolmaster
Lara Maguire
Rose
Holly Dempster
Beryl
Jane Dixon-Rowland
Mary
David Birkbeck
Porter
Colin Macdonald Burnie
Professor #1
Andy Orchard
Professor #2
Frank Kerr
Drunken Student
Rob Rhys Bond
Photographer
Joel Phillimore
Lieutenant
John Bradfield
Student
Mia Woods
Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Sienna Woods
Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Paul Gurcel Escudero
Michael Tolkien (Child)
Harry Webster
John Tolkien Jnr. (Child)
Jack Riley
Christopher Tolkien (Child)
