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filed under 1936
Runs throughInterwar YearsWorld War II
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Filmography of George VI
Known as: Political
4 titles in the archive · first depicted 1925
Lived1895 – 1952
Shelfmark Vita CLXXXVI
4
titles
3 films · 1 series (2 eps)
3.6/5
average rating
across 4 rated titles
7h 51m
on screen
across 4 titles
50%
set in Western Front (World War II)
2 of 4 appearances
75% film
film vs television
3 of 4 appearances · 25% television
14 years of a 57 year life depicted onscreen
Distinct years the archive depicts, against George VI’s lifetime (1895 – 1952) — 24.6% of it.
Depicted in
1925, World Wars Era: The King's Speech1926, World Wars Era: The King's Speech1934, World Wars Era: The King's Speech1936, World Wars Era: The King's Speech1937, World Wars Era: The King's Speech1939, World Wars Era: The King's Speech1940, World Wars Era: Darkest Hour1944, World Wars Era: Churchill1947, Contemporary Era: The Crown1948, Contemporary Era: The Crown1949, Contemporary Era: The Crown1950, Contemporary Era: The Crown1951, Contemporary Era: The Crown1952, Contemporary Era: The Crown
First and Last on Screen
7 years of cinema separate them. A series is sorted here by the first year of its release.
A series counts once, regardless of how many of its episodes feature them.
The CrownTV series · 2 episodes · initially set in 1947 · Cold War · played by Jared Harris
Unsalted
ChurchillFilm · 2017 · set in 1944 · Western Front (World War II) · played by James PurefoyUnsalted
Darkest HourFilm · 2017 · set in 1940 · Western Front (World War II) · played by Ben MendelsohnUnsalted
The King's SpeechFilm · 2010 · initially set in 1925 · Interwar Years, World War II · played by Colin FirthUnsalted
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Dunkirk Evacuationpull it on the timeline
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The surrounding and subsequent evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and allied forces from the town of Dunkirk in Northern France in 1940. The evacuation cemented itself in the popular imagination with the mass deployment of British civilian craft to help rescue trapped soldiers as the German forces surrounding them closed their encirclement.
filed under 1940
Runs throughWestern Front (World War II)3 titlesInterwar Years
D-Daypull it on the timeline
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The largest invasion by sea in human history, D-Day is the popularized name for Operation Neptune, or the Allied invasion of the German-occupied Normandy coast in June 1944. After months of planning, experience gained from previous invasions in Italy and in the Pacific, and extensive preparation efforts, the Allies were successfully able to secure a beachhead from which they were able to push out towards the rest of France, liberating Paris by August 1944 and greatly accelerating the end of the Second World War in Europe.
filed under 1944
Runs throughWestern Front (World War II)8 titlesWorld War II
The Box Office Ledger
What the films portraying George VI cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.
$45 million
in budgets
over 2 films with both sums
$565.1 million
at the box office
over 2 films with both sums
13×
return on budget
box office ÷ budget
| Film | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|
| The King's Speech | $15,000,000 | $414,211,549 |
| Darkest Hour | $30,000,000 | $150,847,207 |
| Churchill | $10,000,000 | not recorded |
US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 3 films of the 3 portraying them carry either sum.