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Akenfield

Akenfield

Peter Hall

1974

  • Drama
7.6

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.

Cast & crew

  • Peter HallDirector
  • Stanley BaxterBlacksmith
  • Ronald BlytheThe Vicar
  • Ethel BrantonMrs. Quantrill
  • Lyn BrooksCharlotte Rouse
  • Garrow ShandTom Rouse
  • Peggy ColeDulcie Rouse
  • Barbara TilneyJean Quantrill
  • Ida PageAunt Ida

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