The wartime drama “Churchill” presents a unique, challenging and intimate portrait of the United Kingdom’s iconic statesman Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the days before World War II’s infamous D-Day landings on June 6, 1944.
Even as nearly one million Allied soldiers are secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to invade Nazi-occupied Europe, Winston Churchill is fearful of repeating his mistakes from World War I. He is faced with criticism from his Allied political opponents and only the support of Churchill’s brilliant, dedicated wife Clementine can halt his physical, mental and spiritual collapse and inspire him to greatness.
With the depiction of this untold story of Winston Churchill’s political and personal conflict in the week leading up to D-Day, Churchill accomplishes its goal of showing him in a new, triumphant light.
The cast of Churchill is led by Brian Cox as the legendary Winston Churchill, Miranda Richardson as the Prime Minister’s wife and confidant Clementine, John Slattery as General Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied D-Day operations, and Julian Wadham as British military commander Field Marshal Montgomery.
“A must-see! Brian Cox shines in a performance that cannot be faulted. Miranda Richardson is ferociously good! It’s a master class in acting.” — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Superb!” — Los Angeles Times