Young Winston tells one of the greatest stories in English politics - the rise to power of Winston Churchill from childhood to the age of 26 when he made his first speech in the House of Commons. Directed by Richard Attenborough, the film covers Churchill's time as a war correspondent in India, his involvement in Kitchener's Sudan expedition and his capture and thrilling escape during the Boer War in South Africa. Simon Ward is Winston Churchill, Anne Bancroft and Robert Shaw play his parents, Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill, the all-star British cast includes Jack Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins (as Lloyd George) and Sir John Mills (Kitchener). A magnificent story, told with brilliance, epic vision and a superb sense of history, Young Winston belongs with the great British films... cast: Robert Shaw .... Lord Randolph Churchill / Anne Bancroft .... Jenny (Lady Randolph) Churchill / Simon Ward .... Winston Churchill / Jack Hawkins .... Mr. Welldon, Headmaster Harrow School / Ian Holm .... George E. Buckle / Anthony Hopkins .... David Lloyd George / Patrick Magee .... General Bindon Blood / Edward Woodward .... Captain Aylmer Haldane / John Mills .... Gen. Herbert Kitchener. Runtime: 120 minutes Country: UK Language: English Colour (Eastmancolor)
