Movie Description
Bertie and Elizabeth
(2002)Overview
The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.
Featured Crew
- Director : Giles Foster
- Producer : Jo Willett
- Writer : Nigel Williams
- Editor : Catherine Creed
- Cast : James Wilby,Alan Bates,Juliet Aubrey,Eileen Atkins,Dolly Wells,Barbara Leigh-Hunt,Charles Edwards,Oliver Ford Davies,Deborah Cornelius,Michael Elwyn,Amber Sealey,Jeremy Child,David Ryall,Paul Brooke,David Burke,Robert Hardy,Jeremy Swift,Helen Ryan,Joanna Hole,Elisabeth Dermot Walsh,Corin Redgrave,Jack Whitehall,Denis Lill
Cast
King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
King George V
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Princess Mary
Lady Mabel Airlie
David
Archbishop Lang
Thelma Furness
Lionel Logue
Wallis Simpson
Sir Samuel Hoare
Winston Churchill
Tommy Lascelles
Lord Reith
President Roosevelt
Royal Page
Queen Wilhelmina
East End woman
Lillibet
General Montgomery
Little Boy (uncredited)
Clement Attlee
Posters
Recommendations
Box
4.5
Box
5
Me and the Kid
4.7
Hello
6.5
Qwerty
5.908
64: Part 2
6.9
Box
6.2
Cryptic
6
Fear Island
9.5
Facts
Original TitleBertie and Elizabeth
Status Released
Release Information
-
2002-06-04
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 48m
Production CompaniesWhitehall Films,Carlton Television,GBH
Genres
- Drama
- History
- Romance
