Title: Darkest Hour
Original Title: Darkest Hour
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: UK
- Length: 125 Minutes (2 hours 5 min)
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Genre: Biography Drama History
- Studios: Focus Features Working Title Films
- Distributor: Universal Pictures
- Age rating: PG (Parental guidance)
Release Dates
- UK: January 12 2018
- United States: November 22 2017
Plot
Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in this film that tells how were the days in which Churchill had to take the reins of a country in the middle of a world war. In spite of not being the first option, neither the most qualifed for the job, Churchill is proclaimed first minister of the United Kingdom in the darkest moment Europe and his own country are living since the Great War. With the King and his party against him, the nazis devastating Europe and the menace of an invasion each time more impeding, the president will have to stay firm to change the course of History. Winston Churchill leads an attack against Hitler's army in the early days of World War II.
'Darkest Hour' is directed by Joe Wright ('Pride & Prejudice') and written by Anthony McCarten ('The Theory of Everything')
Awards
- 2018 Academy Awards (Oscars): 8 2
- 2018 Golden Globes: 1 1
- 2018 BAFTA Awards: 9 2
Cast
Director:
Winston Churchill
Clementine Churchill
Elizabeth Nel
King George VI
Neville Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Clement Atlee
Videos
The crew of 'Darkest hour', speak's about Gary Oldman's work.
January 17 2018
Joe Wright & Gary Oldman 'behind's Churchill'
January 17 2018
January 17 2018
July 13 2017
Photos
Trivia
Substitute
After John Hurt's passing, the actor will not appear in the movie, and Ronald Pickup will take his part as Neville Chamberlain.
Churchill 2017
The second film about Churchill in 2017, the first being "Churchill" starring Brian Cox.
John Hurt
John Hurt's final film. The film will also be dedicated in his memory.
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