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.
The History Boys
“History. It's just one bloody thing after another.”
Overview
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.
Director
Nicholas Hytner
Budget
4.0M
Revenue
13.4M
Status
Released
Production
DNA Films, UK Film Council, BBC Two, National Theatre
Cast
Richard Griffiths
Hector
Stephen Campbell Moore
Irwin
Dominic Cooper
Dakin
Samuel Barnett
Posner
James Corden
Timms
Russell Tovey
Rudge
Samuel Anderson
Crowther
Jamie Parker
Scripps
Andrew Knott
Lockwood
Sacha Dhawan
Akhtar
Clive Merrison
Headmaster
Frances de la Tour
Mrs. Lintott
Penelope Wilton
Mrs. Bibby
Adrian Scarborough
Wilkes
Georgia Taylor
Fiona
Patrick Godfrey
Sleeping Clergyman
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