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Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

Genre : Drama, History, Romance

Runtime : 2H 0M

Director : Giles Foster

Synopsis

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.

Actors

James Wilby
James Wilby
King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
Alan Bates
Alan Bates
King George V
Juliet Aubrey
Juliet Aubrey
Queen Elizabeth
Eileen Atkins
Eileen Atkins
Queen Mary
Dolly Wells
Dolly Wells
Princess Mary
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Lady Mabel Airlie
Charles Edwards
Charles Edwards
David
Oliver Ford Davies
Oliver Ford Davies
Archbishop Lang
Deborah Cornelius
Deborah Cornelius
Thelma Furness
Michael Elwyn
Michael Elwyn
Lionel Logue
Amber Sealey
Amber Sealey
Wallis Simpson
Jeremy Child
Jeremy Child
Sir Samuel Hoare
David Ryall
David Ryall
Winston Churchill
Paul Brooke
Paul Brooke
Tommy Lascelles
David Burke
David Burke
Lord Reith
Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy
President Roosevelt
Jeremy Swift
Jeremy Swift
Royal Page
Helen Ryan
Helen Ryan
Queen Wilhelmina
Joanna Hole
Joanna Hole
East End woman
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Lillibet
Corin Redgrave
Corin Redgrave
General Montgomery
Jack Whitehall
Jack Whitehall
Little Boy (uncredited)
Denis Lill
Denis Lill
Clement Attlee

Crews

Giles Foster
Giles Foster
Director

Posters and backgrounds

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