The History Boys Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Meet The Boys Who Are Making History!

Amy Renner

Last modified: Dec. 22, 2008

The History Boys

Release Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2006

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys pursue of sex, sport, and higher education.

Director: Nicholas Hytner

Starring: Richard Griffiths • Clive Merrison • Frances de la Tour • Stephen Campbell Moore • Sacha Dhawan

R Drama N/A

4 / 5.0

40% WILL SEE 60% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: "The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly out-numbered history teacher (Frances de la Tour), and a headmaster obsessed with results (Clive Merrison), the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes as much about how education works, as it is about where education leads.

Drama

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Who stars in The History Boys – Cast List

R
Richard Griffiths
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
C
Clive Merrison
F
Frances de la Tour
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hugo
S
Stephen Campbell Moore
Season of the Witch, Freud's Last Session
S
Sacha Dhawan
Iron Fist (Series)
S
Samuel Anderson
Dominic Cooper
The Last Frontier (series), Captain America: The First Avenger
A
Andrew Knott
S
Samuel Barnett
R
Russell Tovey
Plainclothes, Love Again
J
Jamie Parker
1917
James Corden
Smurfs, Trolls World Tour

Who is making The History Boys – Crew List

A look at The History Boys behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Nicholas Hytner last helmed The Choral and The Lady in the Van. The film's writer Alan Bennett last penned The Lady in the Van.

Director: Nicholas Hytner
Screenwriter: Alan Bennett
Producers: Nicholas Hytner
Damian Jones
Kevin Loader