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6.2/10 • 317

2017-05-251h 50m

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The untold story of D-Day.

A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.

Directors
Jonathan Teplitzky
Writters
Alex von Tunzelmann
Editors
Alex von Tunzelmann, Chris Gill

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  1. Brian Cox

    Brian Cox

    Winston Churchill

  2. Miranda Richardson

    Miranda Richardson

    Clementine Churchill

  3. John Slattery

    John Slattery

    Dwight Eisenhower

  4. Julian Wadham

    Julian Wadham

    Bernard Montgomery

  5. Richard Durden

    Richard Durden

    Jan Smuts

  6. Ella Purnell

    Ella Purnell

    Helen Garrett

  7. James Purefoy

    James Purefoy

    King George VI

  8. Danny Webb

    Danny Webb

    Alan Brooke

  9. Jonathan Aris

    Jonathan Aris

    Mallory

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CinemaSerf

May 31, 2022

7/10

I'm struggling to comprehend why the reviews for this biopic of Churchill are so polarised. Certainly Churchill had an history before either World War as a bit of an honest-to-goodness Imperialist; and like it or not these attitudes and patterns of behaviour (drinking; sulking; pomposity; rousing speechmaking etc.) all contributed to the man who was essential to the survival of Britain from the end of 1940. This portrayal does depict, albeit somewhat theatrically, the decline of his influence as the tide of the war began to change in the allies favour much as Britain's influence as a global world power was also on the wane. It's a drama - with good efforts from Miranda Richardson and Richard Durden (as the ever patient Gen. Jan Smuts) not an history lesson. Creative licence describing him and his flawed but dynamic personality was essential if we were ever to get anything like a sense of who he really was. If it's a documentary that's required - then you'll struggle to improve on Lucy Carter's "Churchill" from 2003.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10,000,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
world war iibiographyd-day1940swinston churchill