My Childhood
Available on Prime Video, BFI Player Classics
1945: Jamie and Tommy live an isolated existence with their maternal grandmother in Newcraighall, a Scottish mining village. Jamie’s only friendship is with Helmuth, a German prisoner of war. With his mother in a mental institution, and his father absent, he is subject to the hardships of poverty.
Starring Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith
Director Bill Douglas