The shot at 5:10 where Churchill climbs the stairs with that ceiling behind him is absolutely brilliant and magnificent cinematography. Whoever thought to frame that scene is an artistic genius.
Great adaptation and Mr. Finney although refusing a Knighthood will always be, forever, Sir Albert Finney to me. Great actor with so many amazing roles. This one surely near the top.
"And for loving me...in a way that I thought I would never be loved." That moved me to tears, too. And of course, I hollered at the end "And SO HE BLOODY WELL IS!" JUST how I like my heroes - neat and undiluted...
Speaking as a true blue American patriot and Yankee through n through that I too cannot help but feel my Anglo Saxon roots rhythmically pulse with Rule Britannia when I listen to the great speeches of Sir Winston. God Save The Queen! Boston.Ma
greatest man ever. and that end bit never fails to bring a tear to my eye. kbo indeed he brought this country through the war most of it alone to fight against Germany, and yet at the end he was voted out. this country and the rest of the free world owes a lot to winston and the brave men and women of this small and mighty nation. '' never before in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'' how right he was. and i hope we all feel extremely proud to be British.
Winston Churchill you will continue to live on in our hearts and in the soil of the land you fought so much to protect may you be remembered till the end of time.
He is in some way the last spark of glory for Great Britain. The UK will some Rise to ever rise a man like him again. His majesty the King Frederick the great of Prussia used say: Great men are great because of being great at every time at every moment, the are great because they dare to be great when everyone else is pssing of their pants
I am an Aussie, and I think he was a great man perhaps the greatest in modern times. Yes he made mistakes like the Dardanelles, but someone who makes no mistakes makes nothing. He more than any human being is responsible for our freedoms and liberties today. To him and all the men and women who fought for right against tyranny and evil, Lest we forget.
very sad when he left chartwell...it was kept unused during the war as it was a major target on route to london, He visited it i think twice during the war, then of course lived there long after ..God bless him..
i own the dvd of this, loaned it out, so not seen in a while... OMG I'm a grown man, but The Great GREATEST O.A.T Winston Spencer Churchill floods me with tears of truly unbelievable awe and pride... 'Rule Britannia, She will Never Ever be Enslaved'. Cheers Winnie! ;-) Truly Incredible drama about The Most Incredible Man.
Any true Britishman who understands what this country was will be moved to manly tears by this story, Winston Churchill embodied all of our greatest attributes.
And womanly ones, too. This American has long held Winston as her greatest hero. My great-great-grandfather left Manchester in 1805 and came to the US. There are no words to tell you h ow proud I am to be of the same people as this great man.
I'm delighted to find the viewers and commentators here are amongst the most passionate history-buffs and consist of above-average intellect of current events who could tell the calibre of great leaders from the mediocre ones apart. Thanks for meticulously posting the episodes.
Brilliant. I wonder what he would think Know. Thank you Sir Winston , thank you to the Men & Women from all the Commonwealths. who fought. Lest We FORGET.
Thanks Winston Churchill for everything you did to save and protect the freedom of Europe and the world. Against evil dictators and oppressors (nazis and fascist).
Winnie Wallace....What a pity some of the royals can't have the spirit that Mr Churchill had . What an outstanding man who loved his country implicitly.
This may sound daft, but when I see the Scott Free logo at the end I always think it's an apt metaphor for Churchill. A man lights up a cigar, and the spotlight finds him as it did Churchill when he became Prime Minister. And then he soars.
Marvellous. Excellent impersonation, touching back-story, first-class portrait of a truly great man. A bit more of a nod to his machiavellian/opportunistic/self-promoting streak might have been called for in a longer film - he did after all gamble (correctly, as it turned out) that Hitler would be bad news and the means for his return to power - but i'm a sucker for more idealism anyway. The dream sequence at the start and link to Marlborough was very well done and an excellent thread tying it all together. Outstanding.
That speech by Chamberlain is chilling in its sadness and gravity. For those who lived through the first war, they must have wondered how it all could have happened again so soon.
The most emotional effect is the simple taking of hands by the downstairs staff. That one gesture gave me goosebumps. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all
Its interesting, I love this scene. I like the music, and the way he rises up the Admiralty steps, marking his ascent and return to a position of seniority.....also a forshadow of things to come, with his rise to the position of Prime Minister. Britain couldn't of asked for a better leader in wartime!! :)
This film is called WINSTON CHURCHILL starring Albert Finney,who is brilliant in the role- Linus Roach- Vanessa Redgrave-Ronnie Barker Celia Imrie and many other fine actors
by glazing past the annexation of east France, Austria, Czech, etc this docudrama is missing the larger lesson of the period: the frog in a kettle brought slowly to boil does not flinch or react. It doesn't really lay out how extreme the German actions were , for such a long period, before the ultimatum over Poland forced England in. This first book of Churchhill's memoirs of the period is well worth the read.
- "Now that I'm in charge of the Navy, Mr. Hitler and his Nazi thugs had better look out. We're going to teach them a lesson that they'll never forget" I just LOVE that saying! Nazi-ass kicker! Go Churchill!!!!! :D
I must say, truly, Albert Finny was the best portrayal of WSC. I've seen Brendan Gleeson, Gary Oldman, and others. Albert Finny was the best. And I loved the music score. HBO did Into The Storm. But Albert Finny did not portray WSC in that. A beautiful portrayal.
The elderly couple were around their 40s when World War 1 occurred. When it was finally peace, they were told that there would NEVER be a major war again! I cannot imagine how you’d handle Chamberlain’s announcement… :/
The fleet 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 Aircraft Carriers. 66 cruisers, 184 destroyers, 60 submarines and 45 Escort vessels. They must have been busy. Apparently the Soldiers outside knew.
5:31 Winston Churchill was never that arrogant and self-absorbed, if you read his biography. He was actually very modest and rarely brags about himself.
@jamesfemccrae82: Yes, he was undoubtedly one of the greatest men of Great Britain, possibly together with Lord Nelson and William Glandstone. I still don't understand why he was voted out of office in 1945.
I should say.. . One of his greatest faults was... that he was human. For we all make our fair share of mistakes and missteps, do we not. For none of us were in his situation. We are just in the future. We are just armchair saints. But even the saints make their mistakes also. Winston done the best job he could. And...any missteps can also be blamed on the world. In my opinion... coincidences of history and when they appear is not happenstance. Call Winston what you shall. But amongst the thieves , he may have been the only choice Britain had, and for that matter.. the rest of the world. At least for that moment in time.
Not to mention using Aussie and kiwi troops for bait in Gallipoli in ww1. The Turks made short work of them at the time, and it was Winnies idea. He had to resign in disgrace from the admiralty at the time.
imagine hearing those words of war and feeling proud that britain was going to stand up to those nazi thugs and also feeling hopefull of the future and scared all in one .
thats true mate. but understand his background he was from the old british upper class. the empire and our little island came first. so he would let the uk come first. sorry mate but its true.
Because HIS mistakes in WW1 weren't the only ones made, nor were they anywhere near as numerous or disastrous as those made by the rest of the country's military. Winston Churchill was without question the greatest Briton that ever lived. He was the one who always knew from the start that only force would stop Hitler's Reich and he led and galvanised Britain when we were at our lowest ebb and stood alone against Germany after France fell up until USA finally joined the war. But you probably already know that.
+Coody-Baroody It was only after his success in World War 2 that gained him fame. If I was a soldier part of the common wealth I would have doubts being placed again under his leadership. Plus, he didn't really do anything special up until this moment. I do think he is the greatest leader in Britain's history but this is overly dramatic.
+Curtis I I not saying he was a great Prime Minister. But he was the greatest war-time Prime Minister this country could've dreamed of in 1940-1942. We stood alone in defiance against the Nazis and when other politicians wanted to try and make peace with them, all but surrendering, it was Churchill who refused. We were totally beaten, outmatched and if it wasn't for our country being an island, we would've been enslaved like the rest of Western Europe. So my grandparents generations (the greatest ever) morale needed saving so the country could fight on and save itself in its darkest time. And that's exactly where Churchill was a pure genius. All in all, that's pretty much the only thing he really did himself. He knew without USA we couldn't liberate Europe & win the war. But his skill in saying exactly what we needed to hear, while Britain would've been gripped in terror, is what we owe him so much for and why he will always be remembered as the greatest Briton of all time.
+Curtis I You have to remember, our people would've been absolutely terrified of Germany. Especially after France fell. It's all too easy for us now, 70 years later, with our comfortable lives, family homes, holidays, cars, phones, Internet and free instant access to news and current world events to forget what it must've been like for our people back then. It must've been complete and absolute terror for most people. So it's when you put yourself in THAT frame of mind and try to fully understand how the British people were suffering in fear that Churchill's brilliance is proven. He was our saviour and all of Europe, not just Britain, owe him our respect & gratitude. FOREVER.
You're completely missing the point of his question... He's rightly pointing out that Churchill's previous military experience (Gallipoli) was a disaster. Hence at THAT time, it is strange to imagine the average naval sailor feeling overjoyed at his return.
It's more than just Britain. The whole world owes a debt to this man.
You don't need to be British to be moved to tears...................
He saved the world!
The shot at 5:10 where Churchill climbs the stairs with that ceiling behind him is absolutely brilliant and magnificent cinematography. Whoever thought to frame that scene is an artistic genius.
Winston is someone who took centre stage when Britain needed him, and for that he will be remembered as the Greatest Briton that ever lived.
cometh the hour, cometh the man......
Great adaptation and Mr. Finney although refusing a Knighthood will always be, forever, Sir Albert Finney to me. Great actor with so many amazing roles. This one surely near the top.
"And for loving me...in a way that I thought I would never be loved." That moved me to tears, too. And of course, I hollered at the end "And SO HE BLOODY WELL IS!" JUST how I like my heroes - neat and undiluted...
"Hmhm, Winston is back...AND SO HE BLOODY WELL IS!"
Go get 'em, bulldog!
Speaking as a true blue American patriot and Yankee through n through that I too cannot help but feel my Anglo Saxon roots rhythmically pulse with Rule Britannia when I listen to the great speeches of Sir Winston. God Save The Queen!
Boston.Ma
RIP Albert Finney.
The finest portrayal of Churchill on film.
I certainly agree.
@@tcarroll3954 So do I.
This American, too, is moved to tears.
God Bless Winston Spencer Churchill.
greatest man ever. and that end bit never fails to bring a tear to my eye. kbo indeed he brought this country through the war most of it alone to fight against Germany, and yet at the end he was voted out. this country and the rest of the free world owes a lot to winston and the brave men and women of this small and mighty nation.
'' never before in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'' how right he was. and i hope we all feel extremely proud to be British.
I remember as a child hearing Churchill had lost the election. Stunned; but, that's proof the UK's democracy was alive.
U.S.
Winston Churchill you will continue to live on in our hearts and in the soil of the land you fought so much to protect may you be remembered till the end of time.
He is in some way the last spark of glory for Great Britain. The UK will some Rise to ever rise a man like him again.
His majesty the King Frederick the great of Prussia used say: Great men are great because of being great at every time at every moment, the are great because they dare to be great when everyone else is pssing of their pants
This just makes you proud to be English, god bless winston churchill he was their when we needed him the most!
Just that a signal was sent to the fleet.
Heartfelt thanks for this. Sad that today there are no leaders anywhere on earth like him.
I am an Aussie, and I think he was a great man perhaps the greatest in modern times. Yes he made mistakes like the Dardanelles, but someone who makes no mistakes makes nothing. He more than any human being is responsible for our freedoms and liberties today. To him and all the men and women who fought for right against tyranny and evil, Lest we forget.
That scene between Winston and Clementine in the car brought tears to my eyes.
very sad when he left chartwell...it was kept unused during the war as it was a major target on route to london, He visited it i think twice during the war, then of course lived there long after ..God bless him..
Fantastic performance by Finney and Redgrave. To think that just under 30 years before, they were both starring in Murder on the Orient Express.
Amen...
i own the dvd of this, loaned it out, so not seen in a while...
OMG I'm a grown man, but The Great GREATEST O.A.T Winston Spencer Churchill floods me with tears of truly unbelievable awe and pride... 'Rule Britannia, She will Never Ever be Enslaved'. Cheers Winnie! ;-)
Truly Incredible drama about The Most Incredible Man.
Any true Britishman who understands what this country was will be moved to manly tears by this story, Winston Churchill embodied all of our greatest attributes.
And womanly ones, too. This American has long held Winston as her greatest hero. My great-great-grandfather left Manchester in 1805 and came to the US. There are no words to tell you h ow proud I am to be of the same people as this great man.
Sublime decision to cast Albert Finney as Sir Winston, fantastic performance!
What a superb adaptation. Albert Finney always a favourite of mine. All the actors involved were excellent. Makes me cry every time I watch it !
May the great actor Ronnie Barker rest in everlasting peace and never be forgotten.
What a wonderful film. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I'm delighted to find the viewers and commentators here are amongst the most passionate history-buffs and consist of above-average intellect of current events who could tell the calibre of great leaders from the mediocre ones apart. Thanks for meticulously posting the episodes.
Brilliant. I wonder what he would think Know. Thank you Sir Winston , thank you to the Men & Women from all the Commonwealths. who fought. Lest We FORGET.
We never fotget
Love this film and Albert Finney as well. So very sad he is gone...
Many thanks, loved his r'ship with Clemmy. RIP Albert Finney
Albert Finney's potrayal of Churchill is the best. Period
Thanks Winston Churchill for everything you did to save and protect the freedom of Europe and the world. Against evil dictators and oppressors (nazis and fascist).
"Winston is back - Damn Right!"
Winnie Wallace....What a pity some of the royals can't have the spirit that Mr Churchill had . What an outstanding man who loved his country implicitly.
This may sound daft, but when I see the Scott Free logo at the end I always think it's an apt metaphor for Churchill. A man lights up a cigar, and the spotlight finds him as it did Churchill when he became Prime Minister. And then he soars.
Very stirring...Really enjoyable - may I thank you also for the excellent quality. x
The man...the place.... the hour. Winston Churchill.
Easily the greatest person of the 20th Century. And perhaps also of the 19th as well.
you' re right my friend
Marvellous. Excellent impersonation, touching back-story, first-class portrait of a truly great man. A bit more of a nod to his machiavellian/opportunistic/self-promoting streak might have been called for in a longer film - he did after all gamble (correctly, as it turned out) that Hitler would be bad news and the means for his return to power - but i'm a sucker for more idealism anyway. The dream sequence at the start and link to Marlborough was very well done and an excellent thread tying it all together. Outstanding.
That speech by Chamberlain is chilling in its sadness and gravity. For those who lived through the first war, they must have wondered how it all could have happened again so soon.
The most emotional effect is the simple taking of hands by the downstairs staff. That one gesture gave me goosebumps. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all
Thank you Winston Churchill.
Finney is totally brilliant!!
hears to all those who fought against all odds against a terrifying enemy to ensure FREEDOM. Lest we forget.
The man I admire most. But for him the unthinkable.
Its interesting, I love this scene. I like the music, and the way he rises up the Admiralty steps, marking his ascent and return to a position of seniority.....also a forshadow of things to come, with his rise to the position of Prime Minister.
Britain couldn't of asked for a better leader in wartime!! :)
"So... he bloody well is !"
goosebumps.....
He held everything and everyone together.
one of the best dramas I've watched.
Many thanks for this series.
thank you for this. verry good performance from the cast.
Great movie. Thanks for uploading it.
I can watch this again and again, it´s so well done.
This film is called WINSTON CHURCHILL starring Albert Finney,who is brilliant in the role- Linus Roach- Vanessa Redgrave-Ronnie Barker Celia Imrie and many other fine actors
"good mán"zou Winston hebben gezegd.
great performance in both appearance and above all VOICE.
Finney has a natural cheekiness about him
loved this more than any other movie I have ever owned however I have lost my copy and have ended up with an empty heart
PERSISTENCE & PERSEVERANCE/ GREAT MOVIE ✊️
We Need More Leaders Like Him In Government, Especially Ours And In The World As A Whole !!!!
by glazing past the annexation of east France, Austria, Czech, etc this docudrama is missing the larger lesson of the period: the frog in a kettle brought slowly to boil does not flinch or react. It doesn't really lay out how extreme the German actions were , for such a long period, before the ultimatum over Poland forced England in.
This first book of Churchhill's memoirs of the period is well worth the read.
Thanks so much for uploading this, I really appreciate it!
I Need another box of tissues after that. That was so good. Thanks for posting.
Flawless production.
A signal was sent to the fleet this afternoon, one just have to love that sentence, furthermore that is is actually true.
Fantastic series.
- "Now that I'm in charge of the Navy, Mr. Hitler and his Nazi thugs had better look out. We're going to teach them a lesson that they'll never forget"
I just LOVE that saying! Nazi-ass kicker! Go Churchill!!!!!
:D
Another great role for Albert Finney (and Tom Courtenay): A rather english marriage. (Joanna Lumley is there too.)
I must say, truly, Albert Finny was the best portrayal of WSC.
I've seen Brendan Gleeson, Gary Oldman, and others. Albert Finny was the best. And I loved the music score.
HBO did Into The Storm. But Albert Finny did not portray WSC in that.
A beautiful portrayal.
love the soundtrack for this
The elderly couple were around their 40s when World War 1 occurred. When it was finally peace, they were told that there would NEVER be a major war again! I cannot imagine how you’d handle Chamberlain’s announcement… :/
Thanks. A great man.
Wonderful portrayal of WSC and Mrs. Churchill I believe...
Ronnie Barker sounds like Fletcher as the Butler.
The fleet 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 Aircraft Carriers. 66 cruisers, 184 destroyers, 60 submarines and 45 Escort vessels. They must have been busy. Apparently the Soldiers outside knew.
5:31 Winston Churchill was never that arrogant and self-absorbed, if you read his biography. He was actually very modest and rarely brags about himself.
RIP Albert Finney
First Lord of the Admiralty! I am back in business!!!! - Winston Churchill
i dont know which role albert nailed it better. this, or big fish.
@jamesfemccrae82: Yes, he was undoubtedly one of the greatest men of Great Britain, possibly together with Lord Nelson and William Glandstone. I still don't understand why he was voted out of office in 1945.
Yeah, give old Harry Hun a damn good thrashing!
It's sort of weird how triumphant it is at the end when the world about to be plunged into the most terrible chapter of modern history.
meravigliosso film
OH ,yes he was a fine character,think about Lusitania and the war against the boers
his mother was a Yank too. So, in a way, he is ours too!
I should say.. . One of his greatest faults was... that he was human. For we all make our fair share of mistakes and missteps, do we not. For none of us were in his situation. We are just in the future. We are just armchair saints. But even the saints make their mistakes also. Winston done the best job he could. And...any missteps can also be blamed on the world. In my opinion... coincidences of history and when they appear is not happenstance. Call Winston what you shall. But amongst the thieves , he may have been the only choice Britain had, and for that matter.. the rest of the world. At least for that moment in time.
and now a new storm is gathering and who will lead us now.
Not to mention using Aussie and kiwi troops for bait in Gallipoli in ww1. The Turks made short work of them at the time, and it was Winnies idea. He had to resign in disgrace from the admiralty at the time.
imagine hearing those words of war and feeling proud that britain was going to stand up to those nazi thugs and also feeling hopefull of the future and scared all in one .
at 3.50. what winnie says is me and my wife. when we watched that part, we were misty
Hiddleston Sighting at 0:28
@timebandit71 , quite right my Australian cousin, with a little help from the rest of the world!
thats true mate. but understand his background he was from the old british upper class. the empire and our little island came first. so he would let the uk come first. sorry mate but its true.
That's because we are living in a poor generation of incredibly stupid human beings and smart technology.
@DerAdventurer with a little help from the rest of the world....
Not much Hiddles in this... :(
Why are they so happy for a guy that caused the disastrous Turkish campaign being back as first lord of admiralty?
Because HIS mistakes in WW1 weren't the only ones made, nor were they anywhere near as numerous or disastrous as those made by the rest of the country's military.
Winston Churchill was without question the greatest Briton that ever lived. He was the one who always knew from the start that only force would stop Hitler's Reich and he led and galvanised Britain when we were at our lowest ebb and stood alone against Germany after France fell up until USA finally joined the war.
But you probably already know that.
+Coody-Baroody It was only after his success in World War 2 that gained him fame. If I was a soldier part of the common wealth I would have doubts being placed again under his leadership. Plus, he didn't really do anything special up until this moment. I do think he is the greatest leader in Britain's history but this is overly dramatic.
+Curtis I I not saying he was a great Prime Minister. But he was the greatest war-time Prime Minister this country could've dreamed of in 1940-1942. We stood alone in defiance against the Nazis and when other politicians wanted to try and make peace with them, all but surrendering, it was Churchill who refused.
We were totally beaten, outmatched and if it wasn't for our country being an island, we would've been enslaved like the rest of Western Europe. So my grandparents generations (the greatest ever) morale needed saving so the country could fight on and save itself in its darkest time. And that's exactly where Churchill was a pure genius. All in all, that's pretty much the only thing he really did himself. He knew without USA we couldn't liberate Europe & win the war.
But his skill in saying exactly what we needed to hear, while Britain would've been gripped in terror, is what we owe him so much for and why he will always be remembered as the greatest Briton of all time.
+Curtis I You have to remember, our people would've been absolutely terrified of Germany. Especially after France fell. It's all too easy for us now, 70 years later, with our comfortable lives, family homes, holidays, cars, phones, Internet and free instant access to news and current world events to forget what it must've been like for our people back then. It must've been complete and absolute terror for most people.
So it's when you put yourself in THAT frame of mind and try to fully understand how the British people were suffering in fear that Churchill's brilliance is proven. He was our saviour and all of Europe, not just Britain, owe him our respect & gratitude. FOREVER.
You're completely missing the point of his question...
He's rightly pointing out that Churchill's previous military experience (Gallipoli) was a disaster. Hence at THAT time, it is strange to imagine the average naval sailor feeling overjoyed at his return.
a dam son of a bich, and dam great man, forgive me the paradox.