Churchill's Secret (2016)

Directed by

Charles Sturridge

Genre

history, tv movie, drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

M

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1953, Winston Churchill suffers a severe stroke while in office. His wife and a devoted nurse work to conceal the severity of his condition from the public and the government.

intimaterestrainedreflectivesubduedslow-pacedhistoricalquietly tensepersonal

What happens

Churchill's Secret is a British drama television film first broadcast on ITV1 on 28 February 2016. The screenplay was written by Stewart Harcourt based on the book The Churchill Secret: KBO by Jonathan Smith. It stars Michael Gambon as Winston Churchill and Romola Garai as Millie Appleyard, his nurse. Production was supported by PBS, which screened the film as part of its Masterpiece anthology. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Darkest Hour (2017)
• The Finest Hours (1964)
• The Other World of Winston Churchill (1964)
• The Gathering Storm (2002)
• The Gathering Storm (1974)
• Churchill and the Generals (1979)
• Into the Storm (2009)
• Young Winston (1972)