Directed by:
John StephensonScreenplay:
David SolomonsCinematography:
Mike BrewsterComposer:
Jane Antonia CornishCast:
Freddie Highmore, Tara Fitzgerald, John Sessions, Jessica Claridge, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Izzard, Zoë Wanamaker, Norman Wisdom, Poppy Rogers, Alex Jennings (more)Plots(1)
What would you wish for if you were granted a new wish every day? That's the delightful situation five children face when they're sent to live with their eccentric uncle in his moldering mansion while their father fights in World War I. There they discover It, a fairy who makes their wishes come true! (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Freddie Highmore
UK
Best movies:
Finding Neverland (2004)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
August Rush (2007)
Tara Fitzgerald
UK
Best movies:
Dark Blue World (2001)
The Woman in White (1997) (TV movie)
The Student Prince (1997) (TV movie)
John Sessions
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Loving Vincent (2017)
Hawking (2004) (TV movie)
Jessica Claridge
Best movies:
Heidi (2005)
Five Children and It (2004)
Kenneth Branagh
UK
Best movies:
Oppenheimer (2023)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Hamlet (1996)
Eddie Izzard
Yemen
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Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (theatrical recording)
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2016) (series)
Eddie Izzard: Glorious (1997) (theatrical recording)
Zoë Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Norman Wisdom
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
What's Good for the Goose (1969)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
Poppy Rogers
Best movies:
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
From Hell (2001)
Little White Lies (1998) (TV movie)
Alex Jennings
UK
Best movies:
Cranford (2007) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Babel (2006)
Jonathan Bailey
UK
Best movies:
Testament of Youth (2014)
The Golden Hour (2005) (series)
Ferrari (2003) (TV movie)
Duncan Preston
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
After Thomas (2006) (TV movie)
Jan Modin
Sweden
Best movies:
Den fördömde (2010) (series)
Five Children and It (2004)
Bex l Grant
Best movies:
Five Children and It (2004)