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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.

20061h 49mRDrama

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About The History Boys

Directors
Nicholas Hytner
Cast
Richard Griffiths, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dominic Cooper, Samuel Barnett, James Corden, Russell Tovey
Genres
Drama
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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