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Release Date:
18 April 1955 (USA) morePlot:
Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Brilliant documentary about a school for deaf children, narrated by Richard Burton moreCast
(Credited cast)| Richard Burton | ... | Narrator |
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21 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
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Black and WhiteSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Margate, Kent, England, UKMOVIEmeter: 
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Brilliant Oscar-winning documentary about a school for deaf children. One of - the sometimes slightly grumpy - Lindsay Anderson's more altruistic and poetic moments. The film is almost completely silent (with music and narration, though), which gives you a good sense of how these children must perceive the world around them. For years it was almost impossible to find this wonderful little movie other than on 16mm film, but in 2007 the Criterion edition of Anderson's masterpiece 'if....' included 'Thursday's Children' as a bonus. The film is narrated by Richard Burton and was co-directed by Guy Brenton. Anderson shot this simultaneously with another short, the satirical amusement park portrait 'O Dreamland' (1953).