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The King's Speech

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The King’s Speech is a 2010 non-fiction book about King George VI and how he was treated for a speech impediment by the Australian Lionel Logue . Their unlikely friendship is credited for saving the British monarchy during a difficult time in world history. The King’s Speech was co-authored by Mark Logue (grandson of Lionel Logue) and Peter Conradi (an accomplished author of historical nonfiction) as an accompaniment to the Oscar-winning 2010 film of the same name. 

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The book begins in May 1937. King George VI wakes up on the morning of his coronation, already nervous. The British monarchy is facing “one of the greatest crises” (16) in its history following the abdication of Edward VIII. Also in London, an Australian speech therapist named Lionel Logue wakes up and begins to travel to the coronation with his wife Myrtle. The King is expected to deliver a speech, and the stammer he has suffered from since childhood has made this a difficult prospect. The streets are packed as the crowds gather to watch the ceremony. The coronation goes well. That evening, Logue travels to Buckingham Palace to help the King prepare for a radio broadcast. The next day, the King’s speech is hailed as a success.

Logue was born in Adelaide in 1880. He develops an interest in elocution and begins to perform speeches onstage for rapt audiences. He meets and marries a woman named Myrtle, and the two have a son together. They travel the world in 1908, leaving their son Laurie at home. They plan to move to Britain but do not do so until 1924. Logue becomes famous in Australia for his skills as a speech therapist. 

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By the time the Logue family moves to Great Britain, they have three sons. The country is still recovering from World War I and an economic recession. Logue sets up a speech therapy practice. He develops a number of key techniques to treat speech impediments. 

The future King George VI is born in December 1895. His grandmother is Queen Victoria. With his brother, he is raised mostly by nurses and governesses, leading to a distant relationship with his parents. Whereas his brother is charming and fun, he has developed a terrible stammer. Bertie (as he is known) attends naval college and does not excel. His father is eventually proclaimed King. Bertie struggles to give speeches and frequently falls ill. In adulthood, Bertie slowly becomes his father’s favorite while his brother argues with the King and has developed a reputation for socializing. Bertie meets Elizabeth, and they marry, which pleases Bertie’s father, though his stammer remains an issue. Public speaking makes him incredibly nervous. One speech ends in humiliation for Bertie. Logue hears him speak and believes he can help. Bertie has sought medical advice, but it has always failed him. At Elizabeth’s request, Bertie agrees to meet with Logue.

Logue and Bertie meet at Logue’s office. Logue declares that he can cure the stammer but demands that his patient apply a tremendous amount of effort. They meet often, and two well-delivered speeches are seen as evidence of improvement. A royal trip to Australia goes very well, and Bertie is commended for his speech. The lessons continue.

Logue takes Myrtle to the Palace, where they are presented at court. Bertie’s improvement is noted in the press, though Logue declines to answer questions on the matter. The story is eventually published, and Logue is credited for his work, becoming famous. Bertie continues to toil and the beginnings of a real friendship between him and Logue emerge.

The narrative moves into the 1930s. Bertie is becoming more involved in the monarchy while his daughters are becoming world famous. He visits Logue less frequently but remains in touch. The Great Depression affects both men’s families. King George V dies in 1936, precipitating change for both men.

Edward takes the throne as a popular King, but his romantic relationship with twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson is scandalous. When he announces that he wants to marry Wallis, he is told it is not possible. Edward abdicates the throne. Bertie takes the throne as his brother leaves the country. Bertie becomes King George VI. His speech impediment is now an even bigger issue, even if his treatment has been going well.

Logue helps the new King prepare for his coronation. There will be a speech to the crowd and a radio broadcast for the Empire. Rehearsals do not go well, though the Queen is a calming influence. A back-up recording is made from practice speeches in the event that something should go wrong.

Both speeches are a triumph. Logue continues to help the King prepare his speeches. The monarch’s new workload is notably draining. The King delivers a Christmas day speech in the mold of his father, which Logue helps prepare. They spend Christmas day together, and the King gives Logue a present as a means of thanking him. Myrtle returns to Australia, where she is treated like a celebrity. Everyone wants to know about her husband’s work with the King.

As Europe moves closer to the Second World War, the King travels to Europe. He delivers speeches and meets with President Roosevelt. Logue grows closer to the royal family, and when the King returns from America, they chat informally about the trip while preparing for a speech.

The Second World War begins. The Logues’ Bavarian cook returns to Germany. Air raid sirens encourage everyone to move to shelters. The King and Logue prepare a special radio broadcast to reassure people. Rationing is introduced. The Christmas speech becomes a yearly tradition.

The war continues. The King’s hair is beginning to grey as he and Logue prepare a speech for Empire Day. Logue listens to the speech, marveling at the progress the King has made. The King is proud. The Nazis are winning in the war. Logue’s eldest son is conscripted. London is bombed. Logue assists with another Christmas speech. As he listens, he stops following along because he realizes that there is no need.

By 1943, the war has turned in the Allies’ favor. The King visits North Africa. All three Logue boys are now serving in the military. Logue’s business suffers due to the war and the King donates £500 as a means of thanking Logue. They prepare a speech for the eve of D-Day, which is a great success. The war continues, as does the bombing of London. The King delivers the Christmas speech without Logue, and it is a great success.

The Allies win the war. The entire country celebrates. Later, while Logue is undergoing surgery, Myrtle suffers a heart attack. Logue is devastated. Logue continues to work, though he sells the large (and now empty) family house. He is lonely and develops an interest in psychics. The King’s daughter marries, and the King’s health worsens.

The King delivers his final Christmas speech in 1951 and dies in his sleep a short time later. He and Logue corresponded up until his death. Logue recovers from his own illness to write to the Queen, mourning the loss of her husband. Princess Elizabeth is crowned Queen Elizabeth II. Logue dies in 1953 as a result of kidney failure. He does not survive to see Elizabeth’s coronation, though he is invited.

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Lights, camera, action.

In the opening scene, we find out that King George V rules over a quarter of the world's population and that his second son, the Duke of York, is supposed to give a speech in front of tens of thousands of people. 

Of course, the speech doesn't go well at all. Why? Cecause "Bertie" can't string two words together without falling into a bad stutter.

Flash forward to eight years later, and we find Bertie sitting in the office of a speech therapist who's trying all sorts of cockamamie ideas to cure his stutter. Marbles in the mouth? Doctor-approved cigarettes? Who are these quacks? Frustrated, Bertie gives up and tells his wife Elizabeth that he's finished with trying to cure his stutter.

Elizabeth doesn't give up, though. She visits one last controversial therapist named Lionel Logue and asks him if he can help her husband. He insists that he can, but he'll require total equality whenever Bertie is in his office.

Logue convinces Bertie to keep seeing him after he tricks Bertie into giving a stutter-free reading of Hamlet . Logue and Bertie work closely together, but no matter how much progress they make, all of it seems to evaporate as soon as Bertie gets into a stressful situation. That's why Logue insists on delving into Bertie's personal life; he's convinced that Bertie's stutter is connected to childhood trauma—which it probably is.

Things are already pretty bad, but they quickly get even worse. Bertie's father, King George V, passes away and leaves the throne to Bertie's irresponsible brother David. 

At least Bertie won't have to be king, right?

One day, Bertie gets the horrible news that his brother David is going to leave the throne of England in order to marry an American divorcée named Wallis. That means that Bertie will have to step up and become king. And if things weren't bad enough, England is about to go to war with Germany, which means the king (Bertie) will have to give speeches to rally his country.

This is a nightmare for Bertie, but Logue promises to help him deliver his speeches. In a dramatic scene at Westminster Abbey, Logue also makes Bertie realize that he deserves to be heard—not as a king, but as a human being.

In the movie's final scene, Logue steps into a broadcasting room with Bertie and helps him get through his first wartime speech. With Logue's help and friendship, Bertie gives a killer speech, and people all over England are inspired by his words. 

A final set of 411 tell us that Bertie and Logue would go on to be friends for the rest of their lives and that Logue would help Bertie with all of his wartime speeches. Bertie would go on to be known to all British subjects as "The Good King."

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The King's Speech

The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer. The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer. The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

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• Trivia Nine weeks before filming began, Lionel Logue's grandson, Mark Logue , discovered a large box in his attic that contained his grandfather's personal papers. The box held Lionel Logue's diary, his appointment book, notes from his speech therapy sessions with King George VI , and over 100 personal letters to Logue from the King. It also contained what is believed to be the actual copy of the speech used by George VI in his 1939 radio broadcast announcing the declaration of war with Germany. Mark Logue turned his grandfather's papers, letters, and diary over to director Tom Hooper and screenwriter David Seidler , who used them to flesh out the relationship between Logue and the King. Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth also read through the material for insight into their characters. The exchange in this movie between Logue and King George VI following his radio speech ("You still stammered on the 'W'." / "Well, I had to throw in a few so they knew it was me.") was taken directly from Logue's diary. Firth insisted that it should be included in the movie.
• Goofs In the final speech, King George VI has one blue eye and one brown eye. Colin Firth had lost a contact lens.

King George VI : All that... work... down the drain. My own... b... brother, I couldn't say a single w-word to him in reply.

Lionel Logue : Why do you stammer so much more with David than you ever do with me?

King George VI : 'Cos you're b... bloody well paid to listen.

Lionel Logue : Bertie, I'm not a geisha girl.

King George VI : Stop trying to be so bloody clever.

Lionel Logue : What is it about David that stops you speaking?

King George VI : What is it about you that bloody well makes you want to go on about it the whole bloody time?

Lionel Logue : Vulgar, but fluent; you don't stammer when you swear.

King George VI : Oh, bugger off!

Lionel Logue : Is that the best you can do?

King George VI : [like an elocution lesson] Well... bloody bugger to you, you beastly bastard.

Lionel Logue : Oh, a public school prig could do better than that.

King George VI : Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!

Lionel Logue : Yes!

King George VI : Shit!

Lionel Logue : Defecation flows trippingly from the tongue!

King George VI : Because I'm angry!

Lionel Logue : Do you know the f-word?

King George VI : F... f... fornication?

Lionel Logue : Oh, Bertie.

King George VI : Fuck. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! Bugger, bugger, buggerty buggerty buggerty, fuck, fuck, arse!

Lionel Logue : Yes...

King George VI : Balls, balls...

Lionel Logue : ...you see, not a hesitation!

King George VI : ...fuckity, shit, shit, fuck and willy. Willy, shit and fuck and... tits.

• Crazy credits In the end credit roll, Philip Clements is listed twice as Assistant Sound Editor.
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• Soundtracks Le nozze di Figaro Overture Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [During the first therapy session when King's voice is being recorded]

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The focus within the English curriculum on speaking and listening in a range of contexts, as well as the study of spoken English, makes The King’s Speech a highly appropriate film to stimulate discussion. As a British production, the film also makes an excellent focus for Media Studies, where students can explore promotional materials around the film’s release. The film can also be approached by students of History, as interesting stimulus for further discussion.

To accompany the film’s DVD and Blu-ray release, we have produced a curriculum-linked study guide that you can download. This guide is designed for use within English and Media Studies lessons at Key Stage 4 (14–16).

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The King's Speech – review

S ome films are known as "game-changers". This is not one of those films. It is a don't-change-the-game-er, or yet a jolly-well-change-it-back-er: a traditionally mounted, handsomely furnished British period movie, available at a cinema near you in dead-level 2D. Set in the 1920s and 30s, it is populated by that sort of well-suited patrician Englishman of yesteryear who drinks spirits in the middle of the day, whose middle and index fingers are rarely to be seen without an elegant cigarette interposed, and who pronounces the word "promise" as "plwomise" (try it).

Written by David Seidler and directed by Tom Hooper, The King's Speech is a richly enjoyable, instantly absorbing true-life drama about the morganatic bromance between introverted stammerer King George VI and his exuberant Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue: an affair brokered by George's shrewd wife in her pre-Queen-Mum incarnations as the Duchess of York, and then Queen Elizabeth. These characters are performed with pure theatrical gusto by Colin Firth as the miserably afflicted monarch, Geoffrey Rush as the twinkly eyed speech coach and Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen who has to learn to like Logue by overcoming her own snobbery – which she incidentally never troubles to disguise as shyness.

As well as this, the movie is an intriguing, if slightly loaded new perspective on the abdication crisis of 1936. Above all, it's a smart anti-Pygmalion. Like Shaw's Eliza Doolittle, the poor King as a younger man is forced to speak with his mouth full of marbles, and comes close to Eliza's fate of swallowing one.

But where she had to smarten up and talk proper, George VI (formerly the Duke of York, always known as "Bertie") has to move in the other direction: he has to loosen up, be less formal, less clenched, less clinically depressed. The movie cleverly casts a new light on the dysfunctional tremor at the heart of Britain's royal family, and cheekily suggests there was a time  when a British monarch experimented with psychoanalysis, disguised as   speech therapy.

Firth's face is a picture of misery in the opening scene, under his top hat, as if attending his own funeral. It is his first public appearance, required to speak through a microphone to vast crowds at the empire exhibition at Wembley stadium, and via live radio to the nation. His stammer means he can hardly get a word out, and the nation cringes with embarrassment. His formidable father, played by Michael Gambon with England's gruffest beard, makes clear to him that this is a new media age. It's not just a matter of looking frightfully regal on a horse, the monarch has to be able to master the radio microphone. Spectacle must not be replaced by dead air.

This is where Lionel Logue comes in – a bullish Australian with bohemian manners and shabby premises on Harley Street. He is a failed actor who is everywhere patronised as a colonial, especially by the toffee-nosed English theatrical types for whom he still hopefully auditions. We see him trying out for an amateur company by doing Richard III's "winter of our discontent" soliloquy. (Might Hooper and Seidler have considered making Logue do the "popinjay" speech by Hotspur from Henry IV Part One – the Shakespeare character traditionally played as a stammerer? Too obvious?) In his script, Seidler creates sharp exchanges as Logue fearlessly barges through the pompous royal formality that's all part of the problem, cheerfully deriding his previous medical advisers: "They're all idiots!" "They've been knighted!" splutters Bertie. "Makes it official then, doesn't it?" Slowly, Bertie opens up to his new friend about his unhappy childhood, and doesn't notice how his speech is improving.

The crisis comes when Logue gets too close to his patient, and Rush shows how "red carpet fever" is getting the better of him: he even affects some anti-colonial hauteur in dismissing the ambitions of Edward's mistress, Mrs Simpson, scoffing at the idea of "Queen Wallis of Baltimore".

Meanwhile, the abdication means poor, stuttering Bertie has to shoulder the ultimate burden while "Herr Hitler" is whipping up the stormclouds of war. The nation needs a king who can rally the forces of good in a clear, inspiring voice. Are Bertie and Lionel up to the job?

As well as the three leads, there are two tremendous supporting turns: Guy Pearce is a terrific Edward, the smooth, obnoxious bully who mocks Bertie's stammer and, marooned in Sandringham, yearns for phone sex with Mrs Simpson – what he ickily calls "making our own drowsies". Gambon has two great scenes as George V: first as the robust patriarch, barking orders at his quailing son, and then – the sudden decline is a modest coup du cinéma – incapable and on the verge of dementia, mumbling and maundering as his privy councillors make him sign away his executive responsibility.

Not everyone's going to like this film: some may find it excessively royalist and may, understandably, feel that it skates rather too tactfully over Bertie and Elizabeth's initial enthusiasm for appeasement and Neville Chamberlain. In this version, Chamberlain hardly features at all – we appear to pass directly from Stanley Baldwin's resignation to the sudden appearance of First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, jowl-quiveringly, sinew-stiffeningly played by Timothy Spall – always giving advice and apparently permitted to wield a lit cigar in the sovereign's presence. But The King's Speech proves there's fizzing life in old-school British period dramas – it's acted and directed with such sweep, verve, darting lightness. George VI's talking cure is gripping.

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Movie Review: The King’s Speech (2010)

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One of the requirements to holding any kind of public office is a sharp tongue. That being said, a king with a speech impediment is simply coated with irony; it sounds like a great political satire. However, director Tom Hopper ( The Damned United ), alongside screenwriter David Seidler ( Malice in Wonderland (the 1985 T.V. movie, not the Snoop Dogg album, just to be clear) and Tucker: The Man and His Dream ) have taken a more historical (and thus realistic) route, tapping into the criminally underappreciated story of King George VI. The King’s Speech chronicles the hijinks and hoopla surrounding the king of Britain, Albert Frederick Arthur ‘Bertie’ George (or as he’d refer to himself, Ge-Ge-Ge-orge), a real-life “stutterbug” who inherited the throne from his brother, Edward VIII, when he relinquished the crown in order to marry an American socialite. In the film, Colin Firth plays the famous ruler with Geoffrey Rush rounding out the cast as Lionel Louge, George’s personal speech therapist who becomes the center of a much unexpected friendship. Although The King’s Speech does tackle the controversies surrounding the royal family, as well as the uprising of Hitler’s campaign, it remains more of a personal story — a tale of companionship and acceptance that though rather predictable, is also very well-done.

From the film’s very first scene, the humiliation is present in Firth’s character — made explicitly clear by the actor’s mannerisms. For George, a crowd of supporters and a microphone are far scarier than any political figurehead. Sometimes his condition, a life-changing impediment that almost completely shrouds his intellect, is presented humorously — poking fun at Hitler’s talent in public speaking — whereas in others, it is handled carefully — never bordering on being derogatory. But regardless of what context Seidler sculpts the character in, Firth gives a heavy-handed role that is sure to land him an Oscar nomination at the upcoming Academy Awards (making this year’s ceremony a real clash of the titans, with Firth, Jeff Bridges, and Ryan Gosling expected to garner nods).

However, a majority of the film’s likability is because of Firth’s chemistry with Rush, George’s unorthodox counterpart. Although they do not consider themselves equals in the first few moments of their relationship, the bond between them gradually blossoms. It eventually becomes a beautiful partnership — one that can overcome any obstacle, and it is this that stops George from becoming a one-note, heartless king, allowing him to become shockingly human. Adding to the effect is the versatile Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth, whose role in George’s characterization is key — without Elizabeth, who George treats with the utmost of respect, his relationship with Lionel, which begins tumultuously, would have been tainted. Audience members, who watch as George throws tantrums and verbally abuse Louge, would have associated George as nothing more than a dignified brute, but because of Carter’s character, who is employed with immaculate precision, George’s motives are clear — he’s just insecure.

It’s just a shame that Seidler is forced to separate the characters in order to move the plot along. When apart, The King’s Speech is at its weakest — being left wide open to uneeded superfluities which caused me to lose focus and interest (you may think otherwise, if you’re into the entire political scheme of things).

Fortunately, the majority of the film isn’t about politics, instead succeeding because of its very touching human component. And thanks to the chemistry between the film’s leading actors, The King’s Speech goes past being just a good film to being a gr-gr-gr-gr-eat film.

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12 Oscar nominations! It is a good movie, but that good?

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The King's Speech ist ein Historienfilm von Tom Hooper aus dem Jahr 2010. In den Hauptrollen spielen Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter und Derek Jacobi. Der Film kam am 17. Februar 2011 in die deutschen Kinos.

Colin Firth brilliert in "The King's Speech" als stotternder englischer König George VI., den Vater von Königin Elizabeth. Als Sohn des britischen Königs gehört es zu seinen Pflichten, öffentlich zu sprechen - doch für den schüchternen jungen Mann, der seit seiner Jugend an schwerem Stottern leidet, wird jeder dieser Auftritte zur Qual. Mit Hilfe seiner liebevollen Frau Elizabeth und dem exzentrischen Sprachtherapeuten Lionel Logue, der immer mehr zum Vertrauten und Freund wird, versucht er seine Schwäche zu überwinden. Doch eine unerwartete Enthüllung droht alle Bemühungen zu zerstören... (Amazon.de-Filmbeschreibung)

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Auf der Abschlussveranstaltung der British Empire Exhibition von 1925 soll Albert, Herzog von York und zweitältester Sohn von König Georg V., erstmals eine vom Hörfunk übertragene Ansprache halten. Doch Alberts Nervosität und sein Stottern lassen die Ansprache zu einem Fiasko werden.

Nach zahlreichen erfolglosen Versuchen, das Stottern zu therapieren, erfährt Alberts Ehefrau Elisabeth schließlich von dem ganz anders arbeitenden australischen Sprachtherapeuten und Gelegenheitsschauspieler Lionel Logue. Dessen unkonventionelle Methoden stellen für Albert zunächst eine große Herausforderung dar: Logue besteht darauf, die Sitzungen in seiner Praxis abzuhalten, statt sich zu Albert zu begeben, er verzichtet demonstrativ auf jegliche höfische Etikette und redet Albert mit seinem Kosenamen Bertie an. Um dem resignierten Albert die Heilbarkeit des Stotterns zu beweisen, lässt er ihn Hamlets Monolog Sein oder Nichtsein laut vorlesen, während Albert über einen Kopfhörer laute Musik hört. Lionel nimmt Alberts Vortrag direkt auf eine Schallplatte auf. Albert bricht mitten im Vortrag ab, von der Zwecklosigkeit überzeugt, und verlässt die Sitzung, nimmt aber die Aufnahme als Geschenk mit.

Während der Weihnachtsansprache König Georgs V. bewundert Albert, wie souverän sein Vater mit dem neuen Medium Hörfunk umgeht. Resigniert legt er die von Logue aufgenommene Schallplatte auf und hört höchst erstaunt sich selbst in Logues Praxis den Sein-oder-Nichtsein-Monolog fehlerfrei vortragen. Die Therapie bei Logue wird wieder aufgegriffen.

Da Logue davon überzeugt ist, dass das Stottern aus seelischen Traumata resultiert und mit reinen Sprechübungen nicht zu beseitigen ist, sprechen sie auch sehr persönlich über Alberts unglückliche Kindheit - er wurde von seinem Kindermädchen seelisch misshandelt, bekam zu wenig zu essen und musste als geborener Linkshänder sich mühsam auf den Gebrauch der "richtigen" Hand umstellen. Die Therapie macht nun erkennbare Fortschritte, während sich zwischen Albert und Lionel auch eine Freundschaft entwickelt.

Als Alberts Bruder David als Eduard VIII. seinem verstorbenen Vater auf den Thron folgt, verschärft sich der Konflikt zwischen den Brüdern über Eduards unstandesgemäße Beziehung zur geschiedenen US-Amerikanerin Wallis Simpson. Eduard schiebt Alberts Einwände verächtlich beiseite und wirft ihm gar Verrat vor. Albert kann nichts entgegnen, da er unter Eduards Druck wieder zu stottern beginnt.

Nach diesem Zwischenfall wird Albert von Logue dazu ermutigt, seine Wut durch lautes Fluchen zu äußern, wobei Albert nicht stottert. Als Logue angesichts der Affäre zwischen Eduard und Simpson andeutet, dass Albert in seinen Augen ein sehr viel besserer König wäre, gerät Albert in Wut, wirft ihm Hochverrat vor und verlässt ihn.

Nachdem Eduard VIII. auf den Thron verzichtet hat und Albert König wird, sucht er Logue wieder auf, überzeugt, auf seine Hilfe nun mehr denn je angewiesen zu sein, und bittet ihn um Unterstützung bei der Vorbereitung der Krönungszeremonie in Westminster Abbey. Das missfällt allerdings Cosmo Lang, dem Erzbischof von Canterbury, der dem König mitteilt, Logue sei nicht einmal ausgebildeter Arzt. Logue verweist auf seine Therapieerfolge und erzählt, wie er nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg erfolgreich Kriegszitterer behandelte und so seine autodidaktisch erworbenen Fähigkeiten ausbaute. Er habe übrigens niemals behauptet, Arzt zu sein. Albert lässt sich besänftigen. Die Krönung am 12. Mai 1937 verläuft dank Logues Hilfe ohne Probleme.

Als das Vereinigte Königreich nach dem deutschen Angriff auf Polen dem Deutschen Reich am 3. September 1939 den Krieg erklärt, bereitet sich der König auf seine bislang wichtigste Rundfunkansprache vor. Logue wird zum Buckingham-Palast geladen, um mit dem König unter großem Zeitdruck die Rede einzustudieren. Während der Übertragung führt Logue mimisch und gestisch Regie. Dank dieser Hilfe findet der anfangs noch stockende König bald in einen einfühlsamen Sprachduktus. Die im gesamten Königreich und in den Dominions in aller Welt übertragene, vorformulierte Rede wird schließlich nicht nur fehlerfrei, sondern geradezu eindrucksvoll gehalten. Mit dem Applaus des Volkes endet der Film.

Ein eingeblendeter Text erklärt, dass Logue auch bei allen weiteren Kriegsansprachen des Königs assistierte, die als wichtiger Faktor des britischen Willens zum Widerstand gelten. 1944 wurde Logue vom König zum Commander des Royal Victorian Order ernannt . Lionel und Bertie blieben ihr Leben lang befreundet.

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THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS

7 December 2019 – Berlin

The King's Speech

Cast & Crew

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Written by: David Seidler

Produced by: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

Cinematography: Danny Cohen

Editing: Tariq Anwar

Production Design: Eve Stewart

Original Score: Alexandre Desplat

Actor: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter

Nominations and Awards

• European Actor 2011
• European Editor 2011
• People's Choice Award 2011
• European Film 2011
• European Composer 2011
• Feature Film Selection 2011

The King's Speech

Born Albert Frederick Arthur George, King George VI had a difficult early childhood at the hands of an abusive nanny. He was a shy and reserved person, who spoke with a stutter. He was not first in line to the throne, and had counted on living a quiet life with his wife and family. However, circumstances changed, and he was pushed into the spotlight.

Edward and Mrs. Simpson

In 1936, when the ritual phrase 'The King is Dead. Long Live the King!' was declared on George V's deathbed, Albert's older brother, Edward, was expected to ascend the throne. However, he was deeply in love with an American divorcée, Mrs. Wallis Simpson. As the King of England, he would also become the head of the Church of England, and a marriage between the two lovebirds would be out of the question. In the 1930s, their love affair was considered a great scandal and the British government was deeply concerned that it might threaten the monarchy. For others, it became the love story of the century when Edward decided to abdicate after spending a few months as the King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas and Emperor of India.

Albert - Next in Line to the Throne

After Edward's abdication, Albert had to stand up and accept his responsibility. Since he had had a stammer from the age of four or five, he had cleverly avoided all public speaking in his adult life. In the movie, Colin Firth excels in his role as the reluctant king. First, Albert had to accept his transformation from a family man who lived a private life with his wife and two girls (one of them Elizabeth, the future queen) into King George VI, a man who had to live a life in the public eye. Furthermore, he had to face what he dreaded more than anything: speaking in public.

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Wenn ein kleines Sprachdefizit über die Zukunft eines ganzen Landes entscheidet: Tom Hoopers Oscar-prämierter Film portraitiert den englischen König Georg VI. – und seinen Sprachtherapeuten.

Das Drama basiert auf der wahren Geschichte des englischen Königs Georg VI. in einer weltpolitisch höchst ereignisreichen Zeit. Der Film ist ein Paradebeispiel dafür, wie historische Stoffe mit ernstem Hintergrund (hier die Thronfolge und der 2. Weltkrieg) auch warmherzig und mit Humor erzählt werden können.      

Genre: Drama , Komödie Für Fans von: Britischen Historienfilmen & Komödien und großen Radioansprachen

Awards: 4 Oscars 2011: Bester Film, Beste Regie, Bestes Originaldrehbuch, Bester Hauptdarsteller: Colin Firth (dazu weitere 8 Nominierungen, u.a. für Bonham Carter und Rush)

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Worum geht’s? Prinz Albert (Colin Firth), der zweite Sohn von König Georg V. (Michael Gambon), hat seit Kindestagen ein für ihn enorm belastendes Problem: Er stottert. Als er im Jahr 1925 eine Ansprache für die Abschlussveranstaltung der British Empire Exhibition im Wembley-Stadion halten soll, wird diese zum Fiasko. Viele Therapieversuche scheitern und so möchte Albert eigentlich nur in Ruhe gelassen werden. Da hört seine Frau Elisabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) von dem unkonventionellen Sprachtherapeuten Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). Dieser nimmt Albert unter seine Fittiche. Als Alberts älterer Bruder Eduard VIII. (Guy Pearce) überraschend auf den Thron verzichtet, muss Logue Albert auf die Krönungszeremonie vorbereiten. Diese läuft ohne Probleme, aber die schwierigste Aufgabe steht Albert noch bevor: Eine Rede im Namen des Britischen Empires zu Beginn des 2. Weltkriegs.    

Bekannte Gesichter: Colin Firth (Empire of Light, A Single Man, Mamma Mia!), Geoffrey Rush (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Fluch der Karibik, Shakespeare in Love), Helena Bonham Carter (Ocean’s 8, Sweeney Todd – Der teuflische Barbier aus der Fleet Street, Fight Club), Guy Pearce (Alien: Covenant, The Time Machine, Memento), Michael Gambon (Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes, Das Omen, Gosford Park)

Highlights : Firth und Rush sind ein perfektes Match. Gerade ihre Szenen haben eine tolle Balance aus Humor und Drama.

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The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war. themoviedb

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The King's Speech

Mark logue , peter conradi.

242 pages, Paperback

First published November 17, 2010

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