My Childhood
7.3
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.
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Part of Bill Douglas Trilogy
3 films
Cast
11 people
Stephen Archibald
Jamie
Also in
The Velveteen Rabbit
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
Hughie Restorick
Tommy
Jean Taylor Smith
Grandmother
Also in
Ring of Bright Water
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Karl Fieseler
Helmuth
No other roles listed
Bernard McKenna
Tommy's father
Also in
Life of Brian
Effects
Paul Kermack
Jamie's father
Also in
Eclipse
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Helena Gloag
Father's mother
Known for
Scrooge
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Ann Smith
Jamie's mother
Also in
The Elephant Walk
Ivar Los väg
Eileen McCallum
Nurse
Known for
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Helen Rae
Bus conductress
James Eccles
Man singing
Bill Douglas Director · Brand Thumim Editor
United States release June 5, 1972 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production British Film Institute
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BFI
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British Film Institute
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 5, 1972
Theatrical
Germany
May 30, 2016 · TV · ARTE
Italy
August 23, 1972 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
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