Young Winston (1972)

Directed by

Richard Attenborough

Genre

drama film, biographical film, flashback film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 37m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the early years of Winston Churchill from his miserable school days through his military service in India, Sudan, and the Boer War. It shows his adventures as a soldier and war correspondent, his capture and escape, and his election to Parliament at age 26.

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What happens

Young Winston is a 1972 British epic biographical adventure drama war film in Panavision covering the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, based in particular on his 1930 book, My Early Life. The first part of the film covers Churchill's unhappy schooldays, up to the death of his father. The second half covers his service as a cavalry officer in India and the Sudan, during which he takes part in the cavalry charge at Omdurman, his experiences as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War, during which he is captured and escapes, and his election to Parliament at the age of 26. Churchill was played by Simon Ward, and the cast included Robert Shaw (as Lord Randolph Churchill), John Mills (as Lord Kitchener), Anthony Hopkins (as David Lloyd George) and Anne Bancroft as Churchill's mother Jennie. Other actors included Patrick Magee, Robert Hardy, Ian Holm, Edward Woodward and Jack Hawkins. The film was written and produced by Carl Foreman and directed by Richard Attenborough. It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction (Donald M. Ashton, Geoffrey Drake, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson, Peter James) and Best Costume Design. Young Winston was released to cinemas on July 28, 1972. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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