A King's Story
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Original title | A King's Story |
Country of production | Great Britain |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1967 |
length | 102 minutes |
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Director | Harry Booth |
script | Glyn Jones |
production | Jack Levin |
music | Ivor Slaney |
camera | Dick Bayley |
cut | Alan Streeter |
A King's Story is a 1967 British documentary based on the autobiography of the same name and a memoir by Sydney Box .
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The film is a biography of the former English King Edward VIII. Using film recordings, newsreel excerpts and photographs, the life of the monarch, who abdicated as king in December 1936 after only 10 months, is presented.
The Prince of Wales , Queen Victoria's great-grandson , is shown attending school and later serving in the Royal Navy. He is later introduced to the duties of his royal position. This is followed by recordings of his travels as ambassador of England and his accession to the throne as King Edward VIII. Recordings of meetings with his American lover Wallis Simpson are shown. The romance was made public. Edward was forced to abdicate in order to marry Wallis. As a climax, King Edward reads his abdication speech.
Awards
In 1968 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Documentary .
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Orson Welles spoke for the documentary .
The former king also appeared in the film himself. The Duke of Windsor made his own film recordings and photographs available to the film team and was filmed at his country estate in Gif-sur-Yvette near Paris .
The celebrities appearing in the film have been dubbed. Sun gave David Warner his voice to the young prince, Patrick Wymark spoke as Winston Churchill and Flora Robson as Queen Mary .
Web links
- A King's Story in the Internet Movie Database (English)