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20061h 49mREnglish

The History Boys

History. It's just one bloody thing after another.

6.6
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The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

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DirectorNicholas Hytner

Keywords

high schoolnorthern englandscholarshipbecoming an adulteducationexambased on play or musicaloxfordcambridgeyorkshireteacherhigh school teacherlgbtlgbt teenhistory teacherheadmasterboys' schoolteachers and students1980sgay themecambridge universityhistorygay teenager
Budget$4M
Box Office$13M

Cast

Richard Griffiths as Hector

Richard Griffiths

Hector

Stephen Campbell Moore as Irwin

Stephen Campbell Moore

Irwin

Dominic Cooper as Dakin

Dominic Cooper

Dakin

Samuel Barnett as Posner

Samuel Barnett

Posner

James Corden as Timms

James Corden

Timms

Russell Tovey as Rudge

Russell Tovey

Rudge

Samuel Anderson as Crowther

Samuel Anderson

Crowther

Jamie Parker as Scripps

Jamie Parker

Scripps

Andrew Knott as Lockwood

Andrew Knott

Lockwood

Sacha Dhawan as Akhtar

Sacha Dhawan

Akhtar