Bertie and Elizabeth 21 years old

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.

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Bertie and Elizabeth Cast

Name Character
Corin Redgrave He was 62, 70 years old when he died as General Montgomery
Eileen Atkins She was 68, now 89 years old as Queen Mary
Paul Brooke He was 57, now 79 years old as Tommy Lascelles
James Wilby He was 44, now 66 years old as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
Alan Bates He was 68, 69 years old when he died as King George V
Barbara Leigh-Hunt She was 66, now 88 years old as Lady Mabel Airlie
Robert Hardy He was 76, 91 years old when he died as President Roosevelt
Denis Lill He was 60, now 81 years old as Clement Attlee
Oliver Ford Davies He was 62, now 84 years old as Archbishop Lang
Jeremy Swift He was 42, now 63 years old as Royal Page
Dolly Wells She was 30, now 51 years old as Princess Mary
David Ryall He was 67, 79 years old when he died as Winston Churchill
Joanna Hole She was 47, now 69 years old as East End woman
Jack Whitehall He was 14, now 35 years old as Little boy (uncredited)
Juliet Aubrey She was 35, now 57 years old as Queen Elizabeth
Amber Sealey She was 26, now 48 years old as Wallis Simpson
Jeremy Child He was 57, now 79 years old as Sir Samuel Hoare
Helen Ryan She was 64, now 85 years old as Queen Wilhelmina
Charles Edwards He was 32, now 54 years old as David
Michael Elwyn He was 59, now 81 years old as Lionel Logue

Bertie and Elizabeth Crew

Name Department
Giles Foster as Director. He was 52 (now 74) years old Directing
Bertie and Elizabeth poster
Bertie and Elizabeth (21 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, July 07, 2002
  • Runtime: 120 minutes