Bertie and Elizabeth

Bertie and Elizabeth

120 mins | Drama, Romance, History | July 7, 2002

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.

Bertie and Elizabeth

120 mins | Drama, Romance, History | July 7, 2002

Bertie and Elizabeth
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Carlton Television, WGBH Boston, Whitehall Films
Original title Bertie and Elizabeth
Directors Giles Foster
Writers

Cast

James Wilby

as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'

Alan Bates

as King George V

Juliet Aubrey

as Queen Elizabeth

Eileen Atkins

as Queen Mary

Dolly Wells

as Princess Mary

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

as Lady Mabel Airlie

Charles Edwards

as David

Oliver Ford Davies

as Archbishop Lang

Deborah Cornelius

as Thelma Furness

Michael Elwyn

as Lionel Logue

Amber Sealey

as Wallis Simpson

Jeremy Child

as Sir Samuel Hoare

David Ryall

as Winston Churchill

Paul Brooke

as Tommy Lascelles

David Burke

as Lord Reith

Robert Hardy

as President Roosevelt

Jeremy Swift

as Royal Page

Helen Ryan

as Queen Wilhelmina

Joanna Hole

as East End woman

Corin Redgrave

as General Montgomery

Jack Whitehall

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Denis Lill

as Clement Attlee