LOLA
Making history will never be the same again
DramaScience FictionWarsibling relationshipdystopiaworld war iitime machinefound footageanti-nazi resistancealternate timelineorphan siblingsunintended consequencesanti-naziuchroniawhimsical
A speculative wartime drama centered on two sisters using a time machine to alter history, balancing intimate family bonds against the weight of unintended consequences and moral paradox.
Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine.
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Emma Appleton
Thomasina Hanbury
Stefanie Martini
Martha Hanbury
Rory Fleck-Byrne
Lt. Sebastian Holloway
Aaron Monaghan
Major. Henry Cobcroft
Theodora Brabazon Legge
Young Thomasina Hanbury
Francesca Brabazon Legge
Young Martha Hanbury
Eva O'Brien
Teenage Thomasina
Chacha Seigne
Lola Hanbury
Shaun Boylan
Reginald Watson
Neil Hannon
Reginald Watson (voice)
Lorcan Cranitch
Major. General Norbury
Ian Toner
German Soldier at Checkpoint
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