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My Childhood

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 esca...

Director

Bill Douglas

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

BFI

Awards

3 wins

Part of Collection

Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Ain Folk, My Childhood, My Way Home

Jamie

Stephen Archibald

Tommy

Hughie Restorick

Grandmother

Jean Taylor Smith

Helmuth

Tommy's Father

Bernard McKenna

Jamie's Father

Father's Mother

Jamie's Mother

Nurse

Eileen McCallum

Bus Conductress

Man Singing

Schoolteacher

Janitor

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We're going now! - My Childhood

We're going now!

I'm hungry. - My Childhood

Will you stop it, boys? Stop it! - My Childhood

Will you stop it, boys? Stop it!

Ma's dead. - My Childhood

Oh, my poor girls. - My Childhood

Oh, my poor girls.

Dog. - My Childhood

Das ist dein Buch, Jamie. - My Childhood

Das ist dein Buch, Jamie.

Hello, old one. How
are you getting on? - My Childhood

Hello, old one. How are you getting on?

How are you doing, son? - My Childhood

How are you doing, son?

Just you leave my
birthday cage alone! - My Childhood

Just you leave my birthday cage alone!

You'll be all right
with me, Joey, eh? - My Childhood

You'll be all right with me, Joey, eh?

Tommy, Granny's lost. - My Childhood

Tommy, Granny's lost.

Das... Das ist in Deutsch. - My Childhood

Das... Das ist in Deutsch.

Get away. - My Childhood

A whippet? - My Childhood

Jamie, your da lives over there. - My Childhood

Jamie, your da lives over there.

Get lost, you. - My Childhood

I love you, Helmuth. - My Childhood

I love you, Helmuth.

Give me that cat! - My Childhood

Give me that cat!

You're mine. - My Childhood

? It's a long way to Tipperary - My Childhood

? It's a long way to Tipperary

Helmuth! - My Childhood

Tommy: What's the matter,
Jamie? Don't you feel well? - My Childhood

Tommy: What's the matter, Jamie? Don't you feel we...

It'll be all right, Jamie. - My Childhood

It'll be all right, Jamie.

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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 esca...

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Director: Bill Douglas

Writer: Bill Douglas

Production: BFI

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 1972

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 31 Jul 2013

Awards: 3 wins

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Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Ain Folk, My Childhood, My Way Home