<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the original novel Of the King's Speech</h1>
Cover of the original novel "The King's Speech"
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Duke of Windsor</h1>
He is handsome, dashing, intelligent, and at the same time unbridled pursuit of women and alcohol, especially married women;
His personality is unpredictable and immature, staying at the level of a 17-year-old boy in terms of spirituality, morality and aesthetics;
His measure of what is right or inappropriate is: Can I get away with it?
He is a rare "love saint" in the world, and it is also a rare model of "not loving the country and loving the beauty", a "love" word covers the sky, and the entire core of the universe only stays on his love.
He has a lifelong love for a woman, but a life of ruthlessness for his own country.
He was Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > George VI</h1>
He huddled beside his wife, looking around in panic, desperate like a child who had no warm books and knew that he had to hand in a blank paper for the exam;
The virtuous princess kissed her husband lightly on the cheek and silently squeezed his arm, and Reiner and the staff each spoke words of encouragement. But all the encouragement and warmth vanished, and the Duke stammered and smashed a speech that would have been easy.
His eyes were always sad and timid, and each speech became a difficult test, testing the important ability of a king: speech.
He is George VI, the father of the current Queen Elizabeth, who was appointed on December 10, 1936, to succeed edward VIII, who abdicated the throne, and was elected King of the United Kingdom.
Cowardice is everyone's, the question is whether to face it, the responsibility is also for everyone, the problem is whether to take responsibility.
George VI, a man who was named "the famous stutterer of our time" by Time magazine in the United States, fought with stuttering all his life, demonstrating the majesty of a country and the determination of a man to fight against a stubborn disease.
It's a battle of yourself and yourself.
The King's Speech is based entirely on the diary of George VI's language therapist Reiner Logue, as well as his legacy of letters, photographs, and other historical sources, and deals with an extremely private space, and the description of the British royal family has never been so personal. It shows George VI's life as a man and his extraordinary friendship with Reiner Logue throughout his life, rather than a cinematic deduction, and it gives a complete life trajectory.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > an introduction to the King's Speech novel</h1>
The King's Speech tells the story of King George VI of England and his speech therapist Reiner Logue. King George VI was the younger brother of King Edward VIII, who gave up his country for the sake of beauty. On the eve of World War II, Hitler's ambitions, the mercurial Edward abandoned the entire country in order to marry Mrs. Simpson, and the government threatened to resign en masse, Edward finally chose to abdicate. In this situation, his brother the Duke of York succeeded to the throne. Before he ascended the throne, the image of the duke's bad manner was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it was this same person who later became one of the great kings in British history. Under the pressure of his own shortcomings and external circumstances, the future of George VI can be described as unclear, and Logue's intervention injected a lot of brilliance into the life of the king. Many of the details of their relationship were revealed for the first time. The book unveils the extraordinary friendship between the two men that lasted a lifetime, and the role of the king's wife, Queen Elizabeth, who died a few years ago, in their relationship. In order to save her husband's reputation and status, she found Logue and started this period of history.
The King's Speech is a space of extreme privacy. Logue's diary is also revealed for the first time in Logue's diary about the mental torture he suffered at the hands of his father George V because of his stuttering. Never before has the description of the British royal family been so personal, and in those perilous years. It was this Australian civilian who led us deeper, an experience he regarded as a cherished memory of his life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > about the two authors</h1>
Mark Logue, grandson of Lionel Logue, one of the book's main characters, the civilian healer. He is a filmmaker and custodian of the Logue family archives, and currently resides in London.
Peter Conradi, a well-known biographer and journalist, is currently the deputy foreign editor of London's Sunday Times, the author of Hitler's Piano Player: The Rise and Fall of Ernst Hanfstaengl.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the King's Speech movie</h1>
The Duke of Yorkshire was unable to speak in public due to stuttering, which led to his successive humiliations at large ceremonies. In order to help her husband, Elizabeth, the virtuous wife, went everywhere to find a famous doctor, but the traditional methods never worked. By chance, she came to the residence of the language therapist Reinalrog, and legend has it that his way was different. Although the Duke was not interested in Logue's strange moves, the first diagnosis was not happy. However, the Duke found himself fluent in reading Shakespeare aloud while listening to music. This made him begin to trust Logue, cooperate with the treatment, and slowly overcome the psychological obstacles. George V died, and Edward VIII succeeded to the throne, but abdicated in order to marry the widow Mrs. Simpson. Albert was commissioned to become George VI. His biggest challenge was how to deliver inspirational speeches before World War II.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > inconsistent with historical facts</h1>
Bertie is under pressure to give her first public address. To exacerbate this pressure, the venue for the speech was set up as an open-air playground, which made Bertie unusually nervous and utterly speechless in the face of the public. Historically, Bertie has also suffered such embarrassments, that is, at the 1925 Commonwealth Games. But in the film, the writers pulled the timeline back 10 years, in 1935, shortly before Edward VIII took the throne.
The first half of the film devotes a lot of ink to the description of Logue's attempts to gain Bertie's trust. Bertie resisted meeting Logue, and the first meeting was not happy. But in fact, Bertie first sought Logue's help in 1926, and the two could almost be said to be "hit right away". Logue recorded the meeting, which was published in George VI's biography, "After the first meeting, Bertie was full of confidence in himself. At the end of the two-month treatment, Bertie's progress was evident when he had begun to take on the public speaking arranged during all the royal travels. ”
Historically, Bertie chose his royal title "George" as a sign of respect for his father, George V, rather than because the name Albert was "too German," as Churchill said in the movie.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Church reveals that Logue is not a real doctor. In fact, Logue has a license to practice medicine and has never lied about his qualifications.
At the end of the film, the king is told that the speech takes about nine minutes. In fact, in both history and in the film, the speech is only about five minutes long.
At the end of the film, the content of the speech is different from the real speech in history. Some of the speeches in the film have been omitted. And real speeches in history don't have as long pauses as long as that.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > about screenwriting</h1>
Screenwriter David Sedler, like George VI in the film, was a stutterer and read george VI's story as a child. David said that he was encouraged by George VI's story, and in the end he also overcame the problem of stuttering, so he always wanted to bring this story to the screen when he grew up. Although David studied this history deeply, due to the lack of first-hand material, the first draft of the script relied heavily on imagination to fill in the details. Later, he found an uncle who had been treated by Dr. Logue and had a detailed understanding of Logue's treatment methods. Nine weeks before the film began, he got Dr. Logue's notebook, which gave him a more realistic understanding of the events that took place at that time, and many of the records were directly quoted into the film, which also made the film more vivid.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > wonderful stills</h1>
Dr. Reinalrog: Jeffrey La will play
Elizabeth Bose-Leon-Duchess of York: Played by Helena Bonham Carter
King George VI: Played by Colin Fiss
George VI with his wife
George V: Played by Michael Gamben
Duke of Windsor: Played by Guy Pierce
It is always man who wants to surpass himself - George VI