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David

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Told with authenticity and perception, David looks back on the life of a school caretaker in a Welsh mining town, from the marriage and birth of his son to the trauma of a pit accident. David was the first film produced by the BFI, in 1951, and the Welsh selection for the same year’s Festival of Britain screenings in London.

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Released
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Language
English

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Director

Paul Dickson

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Feb 1952
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1 Jul 1951

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David was released on 1 July 1951.

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    CinemaSerf

    1/9/2025

    7/10

    Told by way of a gentle reflective retrospective, we are introduced to the kindly school caretaker "Rhys" (Dafyyd Griffiths), a budding poet, who has an habit of helping out the children at his school when they get into mischief. It's the young "Ifor" (John Davies) that he is currently befriending and it's to him that he tells the story of his youth in this traditional Welsh mining community. He left school at twelve…

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