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Dec 22, 2017 · Darkest Hour: Directed by Joe Wright. With Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James. In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Darkest Hour is a 2017 British biographical war drama film about Winston Churchill, played by Gary Oldman, in his early days as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War and the May 1940 war cabinet crisis, depicting his refusal to seek a peace treaty with Nazi Germany amid their advance into Western Europe.
The fate of Western Europe hangs on Winston Churchill in the early days of World War II. The newly appointed British prime minister must decide whether to...
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- History, Drama, Biography, War
- PG-13
Nov 22, 2017 · The action takes place from May 8 to June 4, 1940 (the film regularly slams the dates at us in big block letters), and is framed by two important addresses in the House of Commons, the “Norway Debate” and Churchill’s rousing, epochal “We shall fight them on the beaches” speech.
As the threat of Nazi invasion looms, newly appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallies a nation to fight for its very survival. Watch trailers & learn more.
Synopsis. In May 1940 Britain and France are Allies in World War II against Nazi Germany. Hitler has already invaded Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark and Norway. 3 million German troops are poised on the Belgian border. Hitler wants to conquer the rest of Europe.
Nov 21, 2017 · Directed by Joe Wright. Biography, Drama, History, War. PG-13. 2h 5m. By A.O. Scott. Nov. 21, 2017. In the late spring of 1940, German forces invaded Belgium and France and pushed most of the...
As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.
In June 1940, a flotilla of civilian boats rescued thousands of British troops from a beach in northern France, and Winston Churchill, one of the men responsible for the rescue, went on to...
Sep 2, 2017 · Film Review: ‘Darkest Hour’. Hidden behind fake jowls and a receding hairline, Gary Oldman delivers one of the great performances of his career as Winston Churchill. By Peter Debruge.
