Film

The History Boys

2006 · 1h 49m · Drama

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

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

66%

Metacritic

74

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.

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

• Nicholas HytnerDirector · Producer
• Alan BennettScreenplay
• Kevin LoaderProducer
• Pádraig CusackProducer
• Damian JonesProducer
• Miles KetleyExecutive Producer
• Allon ReichExecutive Producer
• David M. ThompsonExecutive Producer
• Andrew MacdonaldExecutive Producer
• Charles MooreExecutive Producer

The History Boys - Trailer

Release date

October 2, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$13,401,952

Genres

Drama

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