This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.
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Agnes Lauchlan
- Queen Charlotte
- (as Agnes Loughlan)
A. Bromley Davenport
- Sir Evan Nepean
- (as Bromley Davenport)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHerbert Lom reprised his role as Napoleon Bonaparte in War and Peace (1956), in which John Mills (William Wilberforce) played Platon Karataev.
- Quotes
Charles James Fox: Parliament is no place for perambulators.
The Earl of Chatham and William Pitt: Believe me, the country will prefer them to bath-chairs.
- Crazy creditsIn the opening credits: "The speeches by the Earl of Chatham and William Pitt in the Houses of Parliament are authentic".
- ConnectionsReferenced in Millions Like Us (1943)
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Shakespeare would loved to have had a go at this
The eighteenth century was the most interesting century. It was the century when the modern world was born, when countries and empires were created and as Dickens described it: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness etc. One of the most important people of that time was of course William Pitt so surely a film about the great man would be truly amazing?
Unfortunately although he was one of our greatest prime ministers, if not our greatest, he was famously dull. He would never have succeeded in this personality and media focussed age, he was focussed on just one thing: running the country and ensuring Napoleon's ambitions were thwarted. He had no significant relationships, no significant friends, no scandal, not even a social life. So, not the ideal subject for a film then!
Nevertheless Carol Reed does manage to inject some life into our hero. He is brilliantly portrayed by Robert Donat whose sense purpose we can very much empathise with. So despite the handicaps, Gaumont-British do pull a rabbit out of empty bag with this and make a pretty decent and very watchable biopic.
Unfortunately although he was one of our greatest prime ministers, if not our greatest, he was famously dull. He would never have succeeded in this personality and media focussed age, he was focussed on just one thing: running the country and ensuring Napoleon's ambitions were thwarted. He had no significant relationships, no significant friends, no scandal, not even a social life. So, not the ideal subject for a film then!
Nevertheless Carol Reed does manage to inject some life into our hero. He is brilliantly portrayed by Robert Donat whose sense purpose we can very much empathise with. So despite the handicaps, Gaumont-British do pull a rabbit out of empty bag with this and make a pretty decent and very watchable biopic.
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- 1930s_Time_Machine
- May 20, 2022
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Moln över England
- Filming locations
- Gaumont-British Studios, London, England, UK(studio: made at the Gaumont-British Studios, London.)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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