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David (1952)
Short | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

David (1952)

Short | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

The central character is a working man, David Griffiths, known in the film as "Dafydd Rhys", a school caretaker for decades and a former miner. Dafydd's later years in Ammanford at Amman Valley Grammar School present an ordinary man with ...See moreThe central character is a working man, David Griffiths, known in the film as "Dafydd Rhys", a school caretaker for decades and a former miner. Dafydd's later years in Ammanford at Amman Valley Grammar School present an ordinary man with extraordinary virtues. His innate dignity is seen here as an inspiration to the film's narrator Ifor Morgan, who recalls in adulthood his experiences as a school pupil under David's wing. The actual David Griffiths never achieved the fame of his brother, the miners' leader and first Welsh secretary Jim Griffiths, but here represents a traditional Welsh proletarian "type", who communicates a strong sense of his community's worth and retains a fierce loyalty to the memory of his fellow pit men. The film's most poignant section deals with the impact on David of the death of his son, Gwilym, from tuberculosis, and the effect on Ifor and his fellow pupils of the caretaker's temporary estrangement from them as he retreats into himself and his memories. Dafydd is also shown leaving the Eisteddfod after his poem, an elegy to his dead son, has failed to win the coveted Chair. Amanwy did win several other chairs which can be found in church halls around South Wales. Written by Dunstan Brooks See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Gomer Roberts Self Self See fewer	David (1952)
Sam Jones Rev. Mr. Morgan Rev. Mr. Morgan See fewer	David (1952)
Gwenyth Petty Mary Rhys, as a girl Mary Rhys, as a girl See fewer	Festival (I) (1963)
Ieuan Davies Dafydd, as a young man Dafydd, as a young man See fewer	Y Palmant Aur (1996)
Wynford Jones Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	David (1952)
Rachel Thomas Mrs. Morgan Mrs. Morgan See fewer	The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965)
Wil Ifan Adjudicator Adjudicator See fewer	David (1952)
Moses Jones Preacher Preacher See fewer	The Halfway House (1944)
Prysor Williams North Walian at Eisteddfod North Walian at Eisteddfod See fewer	Barbara in Black (1962)
Ieuan Rhys Williams South Walian at Eisteddfod South Walian at Eisteddfod See fewer	Barbara in Black (1962)
D. Davies Jones Headmaster Headmaster See fewer	David (1952)
D.R. Griffiths Dafydd Rhys, School Caretaker Dafydd Rhys, School Caretaker See fewer	David (1952)
John Davies Ifor Morgan Ifor Morgan See fewer	David (1952)

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