Churchill's Secret

Churchill's Secret (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2016 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Charles Sturridge

Written By:
Jonathan Smith
Stewart Harcourt

Actors:
Michael Gambon ..... Winston Churchill
Romola Garai ..... Millie Appleyard
Lindsay Duncan ..... Clemmie Churchill
Daisy Lewis ..... Mary Churchill
Matilda Sturridge ..... Rosie Hopper
Peter Brown ..... De Gasperi
Patrick Kennedy ..... Jock Colville
Christian McKay ..... Christopher Soames
Chris Larkin ..... Rab Butler
Bill Paterson ..... Lord Moran
Ian Mercer ..... Sgt Murray
Matthew Marsh ..... Lord Beaverbrook
John Standing ..... Lord Camrose
James Wilby ..... Brendan Bracken
Tara Fitzgerald ..... Diana Churchill

Synopsis:

Set during the summer of 1953, Churchill's Secret tells a little-known part of Winston Churchill's great life story. Prime Minister for the second time and in his late 70's, Churchill suffers a life-threatening stroke, which his inner circle conspired to hide from the public, the film charts the course of Winston's remarkable recovery and investigates the strain that his great public service wrought upon his private life. Told from the point of view of his family, his doctor, the men he championed and, most touchingly, his young nurse, Churchill's Secret follows Winston's extraordinary battle to recover, casting an honest light on the tensions within his brilliant and dysfunctional family.

In June 1953, two years after he was re-elected as Prime Minister Winston Churchill collapses following a dinner party at Downing Street. Diagnosed by his doctor Lord Moran as having a stroke there are fears that he may not survive and he is taken to his country home Chartwell. Publicly he is said to be suffering from exhaustion and the newspaper owners consent to printing the deception. As his children arrive to watch over him they feud over son Randolph's drinking and daughter Sarah's less than illustrious film career whilst Winston's wife Clemmie reflects on the loss of another daughter who died in infancy. The Cabinet is informed of events as Moran brings in plain-spoken Yorkshire nurse Millie Appleyard to look after the great man. With her help and his wife's devotion Churchill survives to address the Conservative party conference later in the year, before retiring as premier two years later, the country as a whole being unaware all along of Churchill's secret.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept a secret from the rest of the world.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 April, 2016.