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The Lost Prince (2003)

TV Movie  -   -  Biography | Drama  -  18 December 2005 (USA)
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The true story of the British royal prince locked away because of having epilepsy.

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British empire monarch George V and his wife Queen Mary decide to hide their last-born son, Johnnie, from the public, being embarrassingly affected by epilepsy. While his protective elder brother is ruthlessly groomed for court life, Johnnie gets packed off to a country cottage on the royal estate Sandringham. With his full-time governess Lalla, a substitute-mother, he's abandoned to playfulness and virtual social neglect. The Great War and the Russian Revolution change life in Britain, also at court, even at Sandringham, where royal refugees are expected. Written by KGF Vissers

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The heartbreaking story of the prince that history forgot

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Biography | Drama

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El príncipe perdido  »

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Goofs

When the Union Flag is at half mast at the death of Edward VII, it is upside down - the side attached to the pole should have the thick white band at the top. See more »

Quotes

Prince George: [Speaking about Prince John] He was the only one of us who was able to be himself.
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Featured in Prince John: The Windsors' Tragic Secret (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"Moonlight Sonata (Piano Sonata in C Sharp minor Op.27, No. 2)"
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Composed by 'Ludwig Van Beethoven'
Arranged by Adrian Johnston
Performed by Matthew James Thomas
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Poignant, lovely, but you better know your history
25 February 2007 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Excellent period film with a liberal dose of brief stunning vignettes that haunt the viewer for weeks afterward.

This film keeps stepping into and outside the action, drawing us intimately into Lalla's desperate care for Prince John and Queen May's inability to cope with the crumbling world around her -- then it steps back and views the world through John's eyes, turning us into spectators of something so large and complex (the destruction of centuries of royal culture and the social revolutions of the early 20th century) that we can only make sense of bits and pieces.

As noted elsewhere, the acting is marvelous, with Miranda Richardson simply outstanding.

The drawbacks are few but significant. The biggest one is the lack of hints for those not deeply versed in the personalities and events of the Great War. For instance, I'm not sure Stamfordham's name is ever actually mentioned in the film. How are we supposed to know who he is? There are a number of examples of this type of thing. I felt fortunate to know as much as I do about this period of history in England and Russia but was, at times, distracted from the film as I wracked my brain to piece together who the characters were talking about.

While the film assumes an extensive knowledge of this time period, it oddly did not portray Dowager Queen Alexandra's deafness, nor, to my memory, mention Alice Keppel or show King Edward as the dissolute party boy he was.

It is for these reasons I rated the film as I did; there were a few too many times when I was drawn out of the story. But there are images from the film that haunt me yet, and the whole sad plight of Prince John seems a metaphor for the distorted time period covered in the film.


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