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The Gathering Storm (2002)

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Film details

Featuring

Albert Finney Vanessa Redgrave Jim Broadbent
Director

Richard Loncraine
Countries

United Kingdom USA
Year

2002
Genre

Biopic
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

A Lonely War Working

Synopsis

Television drama set during the pre-World War II years when Nazi forces were rising and Germany was arming itself for war. Gives an inside look at the life of Sir Winston Churchill, highlighting the lengths to which he went to warn the British people of the threat posed by Adolk Hitler and the Bazi regime. Charts his return from the brink of political obscurity, and the personal price he paid in his private life before he could re-emerge as a leader.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Winston Churchill
    
    Albert Finney
  - Clemmie Churchill
    
    Vanessa Redgrave
  - Desmond Morton
    
    Jim Broadbent
  - Ralph Wigram
    
    Linus Roache
  - Robert Vannittart
    
    Tom Wilkinson
  - Stanley Baldwin
    
    Derek Jacobi
  - David Inches
    
    Ronnie Barker
  - Randolph Churchill
    
    Tom Hiddleston
  - Mrs P (Violet Pearman)
    
    Celia Imrie
  - Ivo Pettifer
    
    Hugh Bonneville
  - Ava Wigram
    
    Lena Headey
  - Sarah Churchill
    
    Dolly Wells
  - Vic Oliver
    
    Gerrard Mcarthur
  - Brendan Bracken
    
    Anthony Brophy
  - Mr Wood
    
    Edward Hardwicke
  - Charlie Wigram
    
    Laurie Flexman
  - Mrs Landemare
    
    Diana Hoddinott
  - Lord Moyne
    
    John Standing
  - Ethel
    
    Danielle King
  - Friedrich Von Schroder
    
    Gottfried John
  - Marjorie
    
    Joanna McCallum
  - Peggy
    
    Lyndsey Marshal
  - Terence Philip
    
    Simon Williams
  - Diana Churchill
    
    Nancy Carroll
  - Harry Whitbread
    
    Kenneth Hadley
  - Lady Moyne
    
    Rohan McCullough
  - Mary Churchill
    
    Emma Siegel
  - Marlborough
    
    Timothy Bentinck
  - German diplomat
    
    Walter Sittler
  - middle-aged man
    
    Andy Rashleigh
  - guard
    
    Russell Barr
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Richard Loncraine
  Subject:
  - [Subject of Film]
    
    Winston Churchill
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Scott Free
  - Produced for
    
    HBO Films
  - In association with
    
    BBC Films
  - Executive Producer
    
    Ridley Scott
  - Executive Producer
    
    Tony Scott
  - Executive Producer
    
    Julie Payne
  - Co-executive Producer
    
    Lisa Ellzey
  - Producer
    
    Frank Doelger
  - Producer
    
    David M. Thompson
  - Co-producer
    
    Sue Berger
  Casting:
  - Casting
    
    Irene Lamb
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Hugh Whitemore
  - Story by
    
    Larry Ramin
  - Story by
    
    Hugh Whitemore
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Peter Hannan
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Jim Clark
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Luciana Arrighi
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Howard Goodall

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