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Young Winston

Young Winston

1972Movie⏱️ 2h 4mPG
BiographyDramaWar
⭐ 6.7
IMDB Rating
3,285 votes

Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.

Director
Richard Attenborough
Writers
Winston Churchill, Carl Foreman
Stars
Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Peter Cellier
Release Date
July 21, 1972
Language
English, Afrikaans
Country
United Kingdom
πŸ† 3
Wins
🎯 10
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 46
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 4.3K
Watchlists
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Simon Ward
Simon Ward
as Young Winston
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw
as Lord Randolph Churchill
Peter Cellier
Peter Cellier
as Captain
Ronald Hines
Ronald Hines
as Adjutant
Dino Shafeek
Dino Shafeek
as Sikh Soldier
John Mills
John Mills
as General Kitchener
Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft
as Lady Randolph Churchill
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Russell Lewis
as Winston (aged 7)
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Pat Heywood
as Mrs. Everest
Laurence Naismith
Laurence Naismith
as Lord Salisbury

πŸ’° Box Office

$4,687,000
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Longmoor military railway, Longmoor Military Camp, Hampshire, England, UK
Production
Open Road Films (II)

🏷️ Keywords

war correspondentbased on autobiographywinston churchill character1890sboer war

🎯 Categories

DocudramaPeriod DramaBiographyDramaWar

⭐ Featured Review

"The things that mattered"
by Steffi_P β€’ 2010-07-24
7/10

"In the second half of the twentieth century the biographical epic came into its own. The past hundred years had thrown up a lot of inspirational figures in politics and war, and as that generation of heroes began to die off, and the big motion picture developed an intimate streak, high-budget biopics became a matter of course. And, like anything that is produced often, there soon becomes a standard way of doing it. The writer of Young Winston was Carl Foreman, of High Noon and Bridge on the River Kwai fame. He had a strong starting point – the writings of Churchill himself, full of the man&ap..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

Simon Ward was second choice for Sir Winston Churchill after Malcolm McDowell repeatedly declined the role.

πŸ“– Synopsis

Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.