Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine.

Thomasina Hanbury

Martha Hanbury

Lt. Sebastian Holloway

Major. Henry Cobcroft

Young Thomasina Hanbury

Young Martha Hanbury

Teenage Thomasina

Lola Hanbury

Reginald Watson

Reginald Watson (voice)