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The Prime Minister

  • 1941
  • Approved
  • 1h 49min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
5,8/10
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LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
John Gielgud in The Prime Minister (1941)
BiografiaDrammaDrammi storiciEpica romanticaGuerraRomanticismoStoria

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.

  • Regia
    • Thorold Dickinson
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Michael Hogan
    • Brock Williams
  • Star
    • John Gielgud
    • Diana Wynyard
    • Will Fyffe
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    5,8/10
    311
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
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      • Thorold Dickinson
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Michael Hogan
      • Brock Williams
    • Star
      • John Gielgud
      • Diana Wynyard
      • Will Fyffe
    • 12Recensioni degli utenti
    • 4Recensioni della critica
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    John Gielgud
    John Gielgud
    • Benjamin Disraeli
    Diana Wynyard
    Diana Wynyard
    • Mary Anne Disraeli
    Will Fyffe
    Will Fyffe
    • The Agitator
    Owen Nares
    Owen Nares
    • Lord Derby
    Fay Compton
    Fay Compton
    • Queen Victoria
    Pamela Standish
    • Princess Victoria
    Stephen Murray
    Stephen Murray
    • Mr. W.E. Gladstone
    Frederick Leister
    Frederick Leister
    • Lord Melbourne
    Nicholas Hannen
    Nicholas Hannen
    • Sir Robert Peel
    Anthony Ireland
    Anthony Ireland
    • Count D'Orsay
    Irene Browne
    Irene Browne
    • Lady Londonderry
    Joss Ambler
    Joss Ambler
    • Earl of Carnarvon
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    Hugh Bicket
      Vera Bogetti
      • Lady Blessington
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      Barbara Everest
      Barbara Everest
      • Baroness Lehzen
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Lyn Harding
      Lyn Harding
      • Bismarck
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      Glynis Johns
      Glynis Johns
      • Miss Sheridan
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      Margaret Johnston
      Margaret Johnston
      • Miss Sheridan
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      3diceman

      Real politics is more fun than this!

      A stodgy love story, loosely tied in to the life of Disraeli. One of those films where it starts out with the main stars as young lovers, and then you get a few paragraphs of text that fill in 30 years or so, and then they are old and dying. Perhaps there is a good film to be made from the political battles of the Victorian 'giants', Disraeli and Gladstone, but this is not it.
      4LCShackley

      Dismal Disraeli

      Obviously, this film was designed to bolster the morale of the Brits at the time of the Blitz, but couldn't Warner Brothers have been more careful with the flow of the picture? It begins, as many biopics do, by reducing a great person's life to a flimsy love story. Only later, when his wife leaves the picture, does this truly become a political film. John Gielgud, looking wispy and vaguely Disraelite, turns in one of his least believable performances, especially in the scenes where he plays the elderly Disraeli. The poor make-up job, and his ridiculously stereotyped "old man" facial features make some of those scenes almost unwatchable.

      This is the second film from this era that I have recently seen (the other being "The Life of Emile Zola") where a studio can make a picture about a Jewish person without ever mentioning the "J" word. When a person's Jewishness is so central to the plot, pussyfooting around it is unforgivable.

      From a historical perspective, my favorite parts of this film were the Disraeli harangues in which he is obviously rubbing salt in Chamberlain-the-appeaser's wounds. I'm sure Churchill would have loved watching those scenes.
      SJBUSHELL

      A reasoned view

      Ok, so the acting was rather theatrical and the message rather patriotic. But, like Henry VI, it was a propaganda war film to stir the spirit of the English people in the height of the second world war. It didn't have the writing credits of Shakespeare but this must also be taken into consideration. To critise a film written for the sole purpose of bolstering the battered and bombed people of the British Isles in WWII and comparing it with what we are used to now as historical films (although Braveheart, The Patriot and U571 may be more deserving of criticism than The Prime Minister) is being blindsighted.

      This film should be considered for what it's purpose is and what film has ever portrayed any historical figure in his or her real light. We have documentaries for that.

      Just watch the film for what it is.
      5dafrieze

      Half of a decent movie

      "The Prime Minister" is Benjamin Disraeli, one of the most determinedly interesting figures of nineteenth-century England. This film is very obviously a piece of wartime propaganda, with a few bits of Socialist speechmaking tossed in as well. Many of Disraeli's famous witty quotes are included (to add authenticity, of course), the costumes and sets are reasonably lavish for a moderately-budgeted film, and the performances are more than adequate. The biggest problem is that the first half of the film is pretty bad, and it's Gielgud's fault. A great actor with a great voice, he had absolutely no idea how to play an ardently romantic young man in love and, given no help from the dialogue, comes off as stiff as a board. About halfway through the film, though, about 25 years in Disraeli's (and England's) life are passed over in a few explanatory titles, and Gielgud suddenly appears as a much older Disraeli, sporting a kind of inverted grin and made up to look remarkably like Raymond Massey as Abraham Lincoln. From this point on, Gielgud is in his glory - he's exciting to listen to, and his facial expressions are pricelessly funny. From this point on, the film picks up steam and doesn't lose impetus until the final frames.
      5planktonrules

      Three cheers for Colonialism!

      "The Prime Minister" is a film of its times. As Britain had its back up against the wall against the German war machine, most of the films made in the UK were intended to bolster the war effort...either directly or indirectly. So, while the film is set in the 19th century, its aim clearly is to harken back to a bygone era...when Britain was the strongest colonial power on the planet. It also has the theme of unity and draws obvious parallels to Churchill and his seemingly lone campaign against the Axis. The film also was designed to turn American sentiment towards the cause of this underdog. As a result, the film seems a bit overly schmaltzy and overly dramatic at times. Realism was being sacrificed for propaganda reasons.

      Unlike the earlier Warner Brothers film, "Disraeli" (1929), this film from the same studio tries to do an overview of Benjamin Disraeli's entire career. It follows him as a rich dandy to joining Parliament to becoming Prime Minister (several times...off and on). All the while, his wife is by his side...encouraging and pushing him toward greatness.

      So is it any good? Yes, but I was surprised that occasionally John Gielgud (Disraeli) overacted a bit. He also struggled with showing emotion...any emotion. He was a great actor, but you can't see a lot of this greatness here. But as I said above, realism was sacrificed a bit in order to make the film rousing and a propaganda piece...and that had to effect his acting. The film also, at least in 2022, a bit stodgy and slow. Not a bad film...but you might learn a better lesson about the man by reading the Wikipedia article on him. Also, I agree with the reviewer, as it seems odd that the movie never once mentions that Disraeli was Jewish (though he later converted to the Church of England)...odd considering the state of Jewry in 1941.

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        This is a World War II propaganda film akin to Il nemico di Napoleone (1942) with Disraeli meant to represent Winston Churchill. The scene in which Disraeli observes Victoria receiving the news that she is now Queen was based on an 1880 painting by Henry Tamworth Wells.
      • Blooper
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      • Citazioni

        Benjamin 'Dizzy' Disraeli, aka Lord Beaconsfield- Disraeli: In an autocracy, the leader is the people. Europe is at the mercy of the most ruthless band of autocrats the world has yet seen. I know these dictators, these men of blood and iron, they have one weakness; they are always in a hurry. Their god is power, and its kingdom is on this Earth. They are men without humility and without hearts. The virtues we hold dear they call weaknesses, and what we love they despise. They hold themselves a race apart, divinely ordained to rule the world to the exclusion of all others. That is a form of madness that must eventually destroy the world or be destroyed, it cannot be appeased by soft words or good neighbourliness. All civilised methods of approach to international agreement are signs of weakness to these men. They recognise one argument, and one argument alone - FORCE!

      • Versioni alternative
        The British version runs 15-20 minutes longer than the version shown in the USA and has a different cast ordering. The ordering in IMDb is based on the American version as shown on the Turner Classic Movies channel.
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        Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring) op. 410
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        Music by Johann Strauss

        Arranged by Jack Beaver

        Played by the orchestra for dancing at Count D'Orsay's party

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        • 3 maggio 1941 (Regno Unito)
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        • Inglese
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      • Luoghi delle riprese
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