The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Fay Compton and Stephen Murray.
Plot
The film is not a remake of the 1929 film Disraeli, which depicted only one incident late in Disraeli's career. Instead, The Prime Minister is an episodic biography of Disraeli from his early career as a novelist through his political triumphs as an elder statesman. The film is almost a hagiography, depicting Disraeli as a lifelong social reformer and a Tory democrat dedicated to "England" and to "democracy". TCM.com describes the film this way—
Cast
- Abraham Sofaer
- Andrea Troubridge
- Anthony Ireland
- Barbara Everest
- Diana Wynyard
- Fay Compton
- Frederick Leister
- Glynis Johns
- Gordon McLeod
- Irene Browne
- John Gielgud
- Joss Ambler
- Kynaston Reeves
- Leslie Perrins
- Lyn Harding
- Margaret Johnston
- Nicholas Hannen
- Owen Nares
- Pamela Standish
- Stephen Murray
- Vera Bogetti
- Will Fyffe
More details
author | Michael Hogan |
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contentLocation | London |
director | Thorold Dickinson |
editor | Leslie Norman |
genre | drama historical political |
keywords | dedicate disraeli german-austrian-russian political alliance hagiography league of the three emperors prime minister tory democracy tory democrat |
musicBy | Jack Beaver |
producer | Max Milder |
productionCompany | First National Pictures Warner Bros. |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
theme | biographical drama |