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Tolkien

A life of love, courage & fellowship.

2019 · PG-13 · 1h 52m

Directed by Dome Karukoski

6.9

TMDB audience score
1,598 votes, out of 10

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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