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This article is about the war drama film.

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For the science fiction film, see The Darkest Hour (film).

Not to be confused with the film Churchill, also released in

Darkest Hour is a British biographicalwardrama 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 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 phrase describing the early days of the war, widely attributed to Churchill.

Darkest Hour had its world premiere at the 44th Telluride Film Festival on 1 September ^[7] It began a limited release in the US on 22 November , followed Neville Chamberlain DOQY