Movie
Ethel & Ernest
Overview
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-10-15
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, War, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lupus Films, Cloth Cat, BFI, BBC, Melusine Productions, The Little Film Company
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jim Broadbent as Ernest Briggs (voice)
- Brenda Blethyn as Ethel Briggs (voice)
- Luke Treadaway as Raymond Briggs (voice)
- Roger Allam as Middle Aged Doctor (voice)
- Virginia McKenna as Lady of the House (voice)
- Peter Wight as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
- Pam Ferris as Mrs Bennett / Aunty Betty (voice)
- Simon Day as Alf (voice)
- Raymond Briggs as Raymond Briggs (voice)
- June Brown as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)
- Harry Collett as Young Raymond (voice)
- Gillian Hanna as Midwife / Aunty Flo (voice)
Crew
- Roger Mainwood - Director
- Roger Mainwood - Screenplay
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