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The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

The rise of the legendary 19th-century British politician and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.

Top Cast

  • Trevor Howard

    Trevor Howard

    Benjamin Disraeli

  • Greer Garson

    Greer Garson

    Mary Anne Disraeli

  • Eric Berry

    Eric Berry

    Sir Robert Peel

  • Norman Barrs

    Norman Barrs

    Speaker of the House

  • Denholm Elliott

    Denholm Elliott

    Montague Corry

  • Frederick Worlock

    Frederick Worlock

    Lord Derby

  • Peter von Zerneck

    Peter von Zerneck

    Prince Bismarck

  • Hugh Franklin

    Hugh Franklin

    Dr. Jenner

  • Chris Gampel

    Chris Gampel

    General Peel (as C.M. Gampel)

Overview

The rise of the legendary 19th-century British politician and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.

Rating

8.0 / 10
2 Reviews
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Nov 11, 2022

    Trevor Howard does rather well here to condense thirty-odd years of the political life of Benjamin Disraeli into seventy-five minutes. A principled idealist of the Jewish faith, he was determined to attain the office of Prime Minister to the initially quite hostile Queen Victoria (Kate Reid) and to take his nation to the pinnacle of the world order. His only other love being his wife Mary-Anne (a generous contribution from Greer Garson), a devoted, loving but rather poorly woman. This drama illustrates in the briefest of fashions just how this man managed too attain the highest office, and of the price he had to pay along the way. The production is well supported by the costume and set departments, and the story engages well, albeit superficially, with the politics of the time. The writing did annoy me after a while, though. I could have been doing with much less England/English and more Britain/British - a very lazy trait amongst English writers who are apt to forget that the UK is more than just their bit. Otherwise, it serves a useful purpose in providing an introduction that, though not as charmingly told as the George Arliss version from 1929, is informative and encouraging of more reading about this curious and quite visionary man who played the game adeptly and cleverly.

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