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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"; the film ends with a scene that the American Film Institute describes as a crowd cheering Disraeli and Queen Victoria "for saving the country".
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 |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Thorold Dickinson |
| editor | Leslie Norman |
| genre | drama historical political |
| keywords | cheer dedicate disraeli german-austrian-russian political alliance hagiography league of the three emperors prime minister queen victoria tory democracy tory democrat turner classic movies |
| musicBy | Jack Beaver |
| producer | Max Milder |
| productionCompany | First National Pictures Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
| theme | biographical drama |