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Mrs Henderson Presents

Year:

2005

Duration:

103 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | War

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Stephen Frears

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 30 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2005-11-25

Filming Locations: Chester Terrace, Regent's Park, London, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $20,000,000

Opening Weekend: $55,344 (USA) (11 December 2005)

Gross: $11,034,436 (USA) (28 May 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Thelma Barlow

Mrs Henderson Presents

Ian Hanmore

Kelly Reilly

Mrs Henderson Presents

Natalia Tena

Mrs Henderson Presents

Rosalind Halstead

Mrs Henderson Presents

Judi Dench

Mrs. Laura Henderson

Bob Hoskins

Vivian Van Damm

Will Young

Bertie

Christopher Guest

Lord Cromer

Anna Brewster

Doris

Sarah Solemani

Vera

Thomas Allen

Eric Woodburn

Richard Syms

Ambrose

Ralph Nossek

Leslie Pearkes

Camille O'Sullivan

Jane

Doraly Rosen

Maggie

Matthew Hart

Frank Lawson

Tony De La Fou

Victor Thornton

Dorian Ford

Christian

Lloyd Hutchinson

Harry

Toby Jones

Gordon

Christopher Logan

Ken

Michael Culkin

Lord Cromer's Secretary

Samuel Barnett

Paul

Dinah O'Brien

Deering Sister

Maria Rohsean O'Brien

Deering Sister

Rebecca O'Brien

Deering Sister

Richard Dormer

Comic

Shona McWilliams

Gracie Kramer

Waris Hussein

Maharajah

Anthony Carrick

Male Mourner

Ann Queensberry

Female Mourner

Anne Lambton

Chairwoman

Sandy McDade

Civil Servant

Andrzej Borkowski

Count Banderdene

Joseph Long

Harry

Billy Seymour

Serviceman

Matt Blair

G.I.

Patrick Kennedy

Pilot

Patti Love

Natalie Van Damm

Elise Audeyev

Millerette

Vanessa Barmby

Millerette

Sophie Brown

Millerette

Vicki Davids

Millerette

Charlene Ford

Millerette

Frances Garvey

Millerette

Victoria Hay

Millerette

Rachel Lawrence

Millerette

Kate Power

Millerette

Melody Squire

Millerette

Ciaran Connolly

Chorus Boy

Joseph McMurray

Chorus Boy

Polly

Gilpin the Dog

Stuart Antony

Robert

Anoushka Arden

Maid

Karen Aspinall

Dancer (uncredited)

Rusty Goffe

Strongman

Adolf Hitler

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Mansbridge

Musician (uncredited)

Shane Nolan

British Soldier

Leonard Silver

Friend

John Warman

Civilian

Amber Worrall

Dancer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Acting debut of singer Will Young, as Bertie, the Windmill's leading male singer.

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The incognito Mrs. Henderson, dressed as a dancing polar bear, is played by Judi Dench and not a stunt double.

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When Mrs. Henderson is in bed talking to Lady Conway by telephone, we see it as a split screen. Stephen Frears achieved this by filming them simultaneously side by side.

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Goofs

Vivian van Damm is portrayed as being in his mid-60s during the bombings. In reality he was only in his late 40s.

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Alec Henderson (Mrs. Laura's son, killed by a German attack on France in 1915) is said several times to have been born in 1894, and this date is shown on his headstone. In fact he was born in 1888, and his headstone does not list any date.

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Quotes

Laura Henderson: If we are to ask our youth to surrender their lives, then we should not ask them to surrender joy - or the possibility of joy! And, if along the way, we cause too many people to congregate in the street, who gives a fiddler's fuck?

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Laura Henderson: Do you find these women attractive?

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Lady Conway: It's really not so bad. Widows are allowed hobbies.

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Faq

How does it end?

Nude poser Maureen resigns after she discovers she's pregnant. She's killed in an air raid.The police want to close the theatre, but doesn't after a speech by Mrs. Henderson, in which she also reveals to all that she had lost a son in the first World War. She and Van Damm dance on the roof.

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