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Richard Attenborough’s examination of the early life of Winston Churchill—up until his early days at Parliament, before his marriage––is a fascinating look at the formative years of one of the greatest politicians and most influential world leaders in recent history. Played by Simon Ward (All Creatures Great and Small and TV’s “The Tudors”), young Churchill is ambitious and over-eager, with a tendency toward boastful over-exaggeration and opportunism, all of which served him well in overturning the low expectations of his father. The film flashes back through three main periods of Churchill’s life narrated by the older, knowing Churchill (well-voiced by Ward, based on Churchill’s own autobiography). In boyhood and adolescence, Churchill’s self-consumed parents, Lord Randolph (Robert Shaw, A Man for All Seasons) and American-born Lady Jennie (Anne Bancroft, The Graduate), are too busy with their own lives in Parliament and social engagements to see him off to boarding school, a task fulfilled by a beloved nanny. The adventure of Churchill’s years as a war correspondent and soldier is enthusiastically depicted. Anthony Hopkins, John Mills, Jack Hawkins, Patrick Magee and Ian Holm also appear in supporting roles. Newly remastered.
Original Release
07/21/1972
US Release
10/10/1972
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Simon Ward | Young Winston / Winston Churchill / Sir Winston Churchill |
Peter Cellier | Captain |
Ronald Hines | Adjutant |
Dino Shafeek | Sikh Soldier |
John Mills | General Kitchener / General Kitchner |
Anne Bancroft | Lady Randolph Churchill / Lady Jennie Churchill |
Russell Lewis | Winston (aged 7) |
Pat Heywood | Mrs. Everest |
Robert Shaw | Lord Randolph Churchill |
Laurence Naismith | Lord Salisbury |
Directors
Writers
Winston Churchill, Carl Foreman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Simon Ward | Young Winston / Winston Churchill / Sir Winston Churchill |
Peter Cellier | Captain |
Ronald Hines | Adjutant |
Dino Shafeek | Sikh Soldier |
John Mills | General Kitchener / General Kitchner |
Anne Bancroft | Lady Randolph Churchill / Lady Jennie Churchill |
Russell Lewis | Winston (aged 7) |
Pat Heywood | Mrs. Everest |
Robert Shaw | Lord Randolph Churchill |
Laurence Naismith | Lord Salisbury |
William Dexter | Arthur Balfour |
Basil Dignam | Joseph Chamberlain |
Robert Hardy | Prep School Headmaster |
John Stuart | Speaker Peel |
Colin Blakely | Butcher |
Noel Davis | Interviewer |
Michael Audreson | Winston (aged 13) |
Jack Hawkins | Mr. Welldon |
Ian Holm | George Buckle / George E. Buckle |
Peter Mann | Harrow Speech Room Boy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hugh French | Executive Producer |
Richard Attenborough | Producer |
Harold Buck | Producer |
Carl Foreman | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1973 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced | Nominated |
1973 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration | Nominated |
1973 | Oscar | Best Costume Design | Nominated |
1973 | Golden Globe | Best English-Language Foreign Film | Won |
1973 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | Nominated |