Akenfield

Overview

As a young man, Tom, prepares to leave the Suffolk village of his birth, voices and experiences from his family's past crowd in on his mind, weaving a poetic tapestry of the love of home and the longing to get away from it.

Directed by Peter Hall

Top cast

S

Stanley Baxter

Blacksmith

R

Ronald Blythe

The Vicar

E

Ethel Branton

Mrs. Quantrill

L

Lyn Brooks

Charlotte Rouse

G

Garrow Shand

Tom Rouse

P

Peggy Cole

Dulcie Rouse

B

Barbara Tilney

Jean Quantrill

I

Ida Page

Aunt Ida

T

Ted Dedman

Ted

M

Mollie Dedman

Mollie

C

Charlie Cornish

Charlie

C

Charlie Whiting

Charlie

R

Robin Buckingham

Robin

A

Alan Wright

Young Tom Rouse

M

Mary Hammond

Young Dulcie Rouse

F

F.O. Staddon

The Minister

B

Bob Wilson

Farmer

R

Reg Hall

Policeman

Peter Tuddenham

Old Tom (voiceover)

C

Clifford Arbon

Details