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How Green Was My Valley
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How Green Was My Valley

1941 · 118 min Drama
7.3 / 10 · TMDB

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: John Ford

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon

Mr. Gruffydd

Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

Angharad Morgan

Anna Lee

Anna Lee

Bronwyn

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Gwilym Morgan

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

Huw Morgan

John Loder

John Loder

Ianto Morgan

Sara Allgood

Sara Allgood

Beth Morgan

Barry Fitzgerald

Barry Fitzgerald

Cyfartha

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Ivor Morgan

Morton Lowry

Morton Lowry

Mr. Jonas

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