Movie
The History Boys
History. It's just one bloody thing after another.
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.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The History Boys
Cast
Richard GriffithsHector
Stephen Campbell MooreIrwin
Dominic CooperDakin
Samuel BarnettPosner
James CordenTimms
Russell ToveyRudge
Samuel AndersonCrowther
Jamie ParkerScrippsCredits
- Directed by
- Nicholas Hytner
- Written by
- Alan Bennett
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $13.4M
Production
DNA FilmsUnited Kingdom
UK Film CouncilUnited Kingdom
BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
National TheatreUnited Kingdom
