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The King's Speech

Year:
Duration:
118 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | History
IMDB rate:
8.1
Director:
Tom Hooper
Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 110 wins & 147 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 2010-12-25
Filming Locations: Halton House, Halton, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Earnings
Budget: $15,000,000
Opening Weekend: $355,450 (USA) (28 November 2010)
Gross: $138,795,342 (USA) (12 June 2011)
Cast
Actor
Character
Dominic Applewhite
Dominic Applewhite
The King's Speech
Harry Sims
Harry Sims
The King's Speech
Colin Firth
King George VI
Helena Bonham Carter
Queen Elizabeth
Derek Jacobi
Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Robert Portal
Equerry
Richard Dixon
Private Secretary
Paul Trussell
Chauffeur
Adrian Scarborough
BBC Radio Announcer
Andrew Havill
Robert Wood
Charles Armstrong
BBC Technician
Roger Hammond
Dr. Blandine Bentham
Geoffrey Rush
Lionel Logue
Calum Gittins
Laurie Logue
Jennifer Ehle
Myrtle Logue
Ben Wimsett
Anthony Logue
Freya Wilson
Princess Elizabeth
Ramona Marquez
Princess Margaret
David Bamber
Theatre Director
Jake Hathaway
Willie
Michael Gambon
King George V
Guy Pearce
King Edward VIII
Patrick Ryecart
Lord Wigram
Teresa Gallagher
Nurse
Simon Chandler
Lord Dawson
Claire Bloom
Queen Mary
Orlando Wells
Duke of Kent
Tim Downie
Duke of Gloucester
Dick Ward
Butler
Eve Best
Wallis Simpson
John Albasiny
Footman
Timothy Spall
Winston Churchill
Danny Emes
Boy in Regent's Park
Anthony Andrews
Stanley Baldwin
John Warnaby
Steward
Roger Parrott
Neville Chamberlain
Dean Ambridge
Royal Marine (uncredited)
Mike Archer
Am Dram Stage Manager (uncredited)
Mihai Arsene
Romanian Dignitary
Max Callum
Royal Footman (uncredited)
James Currie
Binky (uncredited)
Graham Curry
Infantry (uncredited)
Filippo Delaunay
Undercook (uncredited)
Tony Earnshaw
Policeman (uncredited)
Adam Eveson
BBC Technician
Jensen Freeman
Bright Young
Adolf Hitler
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sarah Molkenthin
House Maid (uncredited)
Martyn Moore
Pathe News Cameraman (uncredited)
Abbie Murison
Royal Maid (uncredited)
Pete Noakes
Passerby (uncredited)
Mary Robinson
Royal Nanny (uncredited)
George Rodd
MP Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Alex Sabga
Funeral Sailor (uncredited)
Tony Sweeney
BBC Technician
Sean Talo
BBC Technician
Did you know?
Trivia
Anthony Andrews previously played Edward VIII in another film about the Duke of Windsor abdication crisis, The Woman He Loved (1988).
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Lionel refuses to let Bertie smoke during their speech sessions, saying "sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you." King George VI died from complications of lung cancer on February 6, 1952, at age 56.
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The piece of music heard during the film's finale broadcast of King George VI's 1939 radio speech is the second movement Allegretto of Ludwig van Beethoven's 7th Symphony. It is often used in films to score a scene of carnage and sadness.
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Goofs
The scenes at Balmoral take place in winter. In real life King Edward VIII was there in August and September 1936; he'd abdicated by mid-December.
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When Bertie is practicing for his broadcast with Lionel, Lionel is visible in the mirror, walking toward Bertie. In the next shot, Lionel has just stood up.
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In the nursery, when Bertie tells the princesses the penguin story, Helena Bonham Carter, sitting in the corner, has something rectangular in her midriff under her dress, either a cell phone or a wireless mike transmitter.
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Quotes
King George VI: All that... work... down the drain. My own... b... brother, I couldn't say a single w-word to him in reply.
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Lionel Logue: Oh, surely a prince's brain knows what its mouth's doing?
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King George VI: We're not a family, we're a firm.
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Faq
Q
What is 'The King's Speech' about?
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Just what time frame are we talking about here?
A
King George V [1865-1936] reigned from 1910-1936. He was succeeded by his firstborn son Edward [1894-1972] who attained the throne at his father's death in January 1936 but abdicated in December of that same year. Albert then assumed the throne, taking the name of King George VI, and he reigned until his death in 1952. He was succeeded by his daughter Elizabeth, the current reigning British monarch.
Q
How does the movie end?
A
England declares war on Germany and, as King of Britain, George VI is required to broadcast an inspiring message to his country. Logue stands by, advising him to 'say it to me as a friend'. The speech comes out smoothly, although Bertie still stammers on the 'w'. He is congratulated by his staff and family for his successful broadcast. In the final scene, George VI and his family stand on a balcony waving to their admiring populace while Logue looks on in satisfaction.
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