---
title: 'Darkest Hour (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe Wright'
released: '2017-09-01'
runtime_minutes: 125
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/darkest-hour-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Darkest Hour (2017)

2017 · PG-13 · 125 min · Drama, War, History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Darkest Hour is a 2017 British biographical war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. It stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, in his early days as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War and the May 1940 war cabinet crisis. The cast also includes Kristin Scott Thomas as Clementine Churchill, Lily James as Elizabeth Layton, Stephen Dillane as Viscount Halifax, Ronald Pickup as Neville Chamberlain, and Ben Mendelsohn as King George VI. The title of the film refers to a description of the early days of the war, widely attributed to Churchill.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joe Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-wright)
- **Screenplay:** [Anthony McCarten](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-mccarten)
- **Producer:** [Anthony McCarten](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-mccarten), [Eric Fellner](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-fellner), [Tim Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-bevan), [Douglas Urbanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-urbanski), [Lisa Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-bruce)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dario Marianelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/dario-marianelli)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruno Delbonnel](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-delbonnel)
- **Editor:** [Valerio Bonelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerio-bonelli)

## Cast

- [Lily James](https://cinepixo.com/people/lily-james) as Elizabeth Nel
- [Joe Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-armstrong) as John Evans
- [Benjamin Whitrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-whitrow) as Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
- [Olivier Broche](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-broche) as Paul Reynaud
- [David Strathairn](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-strathairn) as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- [Stephen Dillane](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-dillane) as Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
- [Hilton McRae](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilton-mcrae) as Arthur Greenwood
- [Brian Pettifer](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-pettifer) as Kingsley Wood
- [Ronald Pickup](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-pickup) as Neville Chamberlain
- [Faye Marsay](https://cinepixo.com/people/faye-marsay)
- [Gary Oldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-oldman) as Winston Churchill
- [Kristin Scott Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristin-scott-thomas) as Clementine Churchill
- [Ben Mendelsohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-mendelsohn) as George VI
- [Samuel West](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-west) as Anthony Eden
- [Nicholas Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-jones) as John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

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Official site: http://www.focusfeatures.com/darkesthour
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/darkest-hour-2017
Film facts: Wikidata (Q27958298); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.