The Gathering Storm

Fernsehfilm
1974
1 Std. 15 Min.

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7,4/10

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IHRE BEWERTUNG

Biography Drama

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe story of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II.The story of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II.The story of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II.

Regie
- Herbert Wise
Drehbuch
- Winston Churchill
- Colin Morris
Hauptbesetzung

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

281

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Herbert Wise
Drehbuch
- Winston Churchill
- Colin Morris
Hauptbesetzung

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Two articles written by Richard Burton attacking Churchill, one entitled "To Know Him is to Hate Him", caused great offense in the UK and the US when they were published in November 1974 before his program was broadcast. Burton's younger brother Graham Jenkins contended they were in poor taste after playing Churchill in a favorable light with considerable help from the wartime leader's family. It led to the blacklisting of Richard Burton from British TV drama for several years.

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Lord Beaverbrook: Let's face it, Winston - if you were in the undertaking business, people would give up dying.

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Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Soundtracks
Symphony No. 3
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Music by Camille Saint-Saëns

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1/10

So terrible

TV movies often get a bad rap. Some of them are very good. But there was a slew of really terrible ones to give them such a terrible reputation, and The Gathering Storm was one of them. Richard Burton plays Winston Churchill, but unlike other people who attempt over-the-top Churchill impressions, Burton just sounds like himself.

The script is as boring as the plot, which follows Churchill's political role in the years leading up to WWII. I actually couldn't get through the entire thing. Much of the movie was fast-forwarded, but I didn't escape without suffering through a ridiculously campy temper tantrum from Ian Bannen as Hitler. The movie ends with a very tired sounding "Victory at all costs" speech. I'm pretty sure any other Churchill movie would be better than this one, so take your pick.