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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 May 1941 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Le premier ministre See more »Filming Locations:
Teddington Studios, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UKCompany Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Johann Strauß and Jack Beaver
Arranged by Jack Beaver
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Did You Know?
Trivia
John Gielgud would later reprise his role as Benjamin Disraeli in Edward the King. See more »Goofs
The two Strauß waltzes played at Count D'Orsay's party and attended by a young Disraeli were actually both written after Disraeli's death in 1881. See more »Quotes
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 ...See more »
Soundtracks
"Enjoy Life"(uncredited)
Music by Johann Strauß and Jack Beaver
Arranged by Jack Beaver
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This film was produced in 1941, and the feeling one gets when watching it that you are being educated in how to be loyal to England. A loose portrayal of the life and career of Benjamin Disraeli, culminating in him making military moves, with the consent of queen Victoria behind the cabinets back.
Very ham-fisted in its message, you almost want to start arguing with the screen, not because its particularly inaccurate in its portrayal of Disraeli, just that its essentially a war-time propaganda film, and nothing can be that cut and dried.
Gielgud is fascinating to watch as always, but even he seems to begin to grate towards the end.
*1/2 out of ****