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former, although they have the same producer and screenwriter (respectively, Frank Doelger and Hugh Whitemore).
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* ShownTheirWork: The movie is practically impeccable in historical accuracy. They get even tiny details (such as the name of Churchill's butlers and ''his favorite film'') entirely correctly.
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* ArcWords: "Out spoke Brave Horatius, the Captain of the gate: To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods?" a phrase repeated by Winston Churchill twice in the movie.* ArmchairMilitary: Churchill's opinion on Eisenhower.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Clement Attlee is shown as being against the bombing of German factories because of the inevitable collateral damage, but actually Attlee was strongly in favour of area bombing of Germany.[[note]]This was presumably changed for dramatic reasons, to emphasise the idea that Churchill was more in favour of war than Attlee, but the truth (as always with historical dramas) is more complicated.[[/note]]
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Clement Attlee is shown as being against the bombing of German factories because of the inevitable collateral damage, but actually Attlee was strongly in favour of area bombing of Germany.[[note]]This was presumably changed for dramatic reasons, to emphasise the idea that Churchill was more in favour of war than Attlee, but the truth (as always with historical dramas) is more complicated.[[/note]]
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* ArcWords: "Out spoke Brave Horatius, the Captain of the gate: To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods?" a phrase repeated by Winston Churchill twice in the movie.movie.
* ArmchairMilitary: Churchill's opinion on Eisenhower.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Clement Attlee is shown as being against the bombing of German factories because of the inevitable collateral damage, but actually Attlee was strongly in favour of area bombing of Germany.[[note]]This This was presumably changed for dramatic reasons, to emphasise the idea that Churchill was more in favour of war combative than Attlee, but the truth (as always with historical dramas) is more complicated.[[/note]]
* ArmchairMilitary: Churchill's opinion on Eisenhower.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Clement Attlee is shown as being against the bombing of German factories because of the inevitable collateral damage, but actually Attlee was strongly in favour of area bombing of Germany.
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* AntiVillain: Lord Halifax is something of an antagonist in the first half of the movie (as he seeks peace with Hitler, opposite to Churchill), but he's portrayed as simply a misguided man. He's shown as wise, calm, well-mannered and respectful. Churchill himself notes Halifax is no enemy of his.
* AffablyEvil: UsefulNotes/JosefStalin is shown as this. While he is a tyranic despot, one can't deny the man has manners. Lampshaded by Churchill's butler, Sawyers:
-->'''Sawyers''': "I drink to Marshal Stalin, a much nicer man than I thought he'd be."
* AffablyEvil: UsefulNotes/JosefStalin is shown as this. While he is a tyranic despot, one can't deny the man has manners. Lampshaded by Churchill's butler, Sawyers:
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* AntiVillain: Lord Halifax is something of an antagonist in the first half of the movie (as he seeks peace with Hitler, opposite to Churchill), but he's portrayed as simply a misguided man.misguided. He's shown as wise, calm, well-mannered and respectful. Churchill himself notes Halifax is no enemy of his.
his.[[note]]Halifax went on to be an extremely effective British Ambassador to the USA, a post he held until his retirement in 1946.[[/note]]
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Sawyers, after Stalin drinks Sawyers' health as a working man of Great Britain:
-->'''Sawyers''':"I I drink to Marshal Stalin, a much nicer man than I thought he'd be."
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* ComicallySerious: Ismay, Churchill's military aid, is quite amusing with the straight face he keeps to Winston's antics.
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* DeconReconSwitch: The movie deconstructs a bit Churchill's heroic image. While he is shown as a headstrong, principled man who will not give up, and indeed, the savior of Britain, the movie also shows his temper and his personality damaged his personal life irreparably, and by the end his refusal to change turned him in a relic of a forgotten era.
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* DeconReconSwitch: The movie deconstructs a bit Churchill's heroic image. image a bit. While he is shown as a headstrong, principled man who will not give up, and indeed, who comes to be considered the savior saviour of Britain, the movie also shows how his temper and his personality damaged his personal life irreparably, and by the end his refusal to change turned him in a relic of a forgotten former era.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lord Halifax vanishes off the movie mid-way through.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lord Halifax vanishes off the movie mid-way through. Justified as he became Britain's Ambassador to the United States (and was highly successful in that role.)
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* BittersweetEnding: The war is won, the world is safe. But Churchill lost the election and his political career is on the skids, his family life is even more troubled, the British Empire lies in shambles, the looming threat of the Cold War lies in the horizon, England's fate is uncertain, and the age of Imperial power is over for England.\
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* BittersweetEnding: The war is won, the world is safe. But Churchill lost the election and his political career is on the skids, his family life is even more troubled, the British Empire lies in shambles, the looming threat of the Cold War lies in the horizon, England's fate is uncertain, and the age of Imperial power is over for England.\
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* BittersweetEnding: The war is won, the world is safe. But Churchill lost the election and his political career is on the skids, his family life is even more troubled, the British Empire lies in shambles, the looming threat of the Cold War lies in the horizon, England's fate is uncertain, and the age of Imperial power is over for England.
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* BloodKnight: Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command. The dude lives to drop bombs on Germans.
* BloodKnight: Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command. The dude lives to drop bombs on Germans.
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* ArcWords: "Out spoke Brave Horatius, the Captain of the gate: To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods?" a phrase repeated by Winston Churchill twice in the movie.
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** The meeting between Chamberlain, Halifax and Churchill at 10 Downing Street, where Chamberlain asks Churchill if he'd serve in a government under Halifax, and Churchill says nothing until Halifax says that he thinks it would be better if Churchill were to take the job, is faithful to Churchill's account in his history of the war, but not to the facts. Halifax had already told Chamberlain, in a previous meeting between the two of them, that he would not form a government. In the actual meeting, Conservative whip David Margesson was also present, and when Chamberlain raised the general question of who would replace him, Halifax simply repeated his position that he would not be prime minister and thought it ought to be Churchill. Churchill agreed.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Churchill and ''[[HotBlooded everyone he shares a room with]]'', but the dynamic is more clear with the calm, understated and polite Atlee.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Sgt. Maddox, the scarred war-veteran Churchill talks to when awarding him the Victoria Cross, is one of the young men present in the scene Churchill visits the Air Force field.
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* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: King George VI and Montgomery both display the English version of this, the former to a vewy pwonounced degwee and the latter in a slightly milder form.
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* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: King George VI and Montgomery both display the English version of this, the former to a vewy pwonounced degwee and the latter in a slightly milder form. In both cases, TruthInTelevision.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Clement Attlee is shown as being against the bombing of German factories because of the inevitable collateral damage, but actually Attlee was strongly in favour of area bombing of Germany.[[note]]This was presumably changed for dramatic reasons, to emphasise the idea that Churchill was more in favour of war than Attlee, but the truth (as always with historical dramas) is more complicated.[[/note]]
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Stalin's reaction to Sawyer's comment on him being "[[AffablyEvil a much nicer man than I thought he'd be]]".
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''Into the Storm'' (also known as ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Churchill at War]]'') is a 2009 [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] biopic (co-produced by Creator/TheBBC and Creator/{{HBO}}) that showcases Winston Churchill's UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill's career as a Prime-Minister across the Second World War, as well as his relationship with his family and his friendships with politicians of the world. The film essentially intercuts scenes showing Churchill's most legendary moments as a politician with his (often troubled) relationship with his family (particularly his wife, Clementine), who have to deal with his harsh personality.
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''Into the Storm'' (also known as ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Churchill at War]]'') is a 2009 [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] biopic (co-produced by Creator/TheBBC and Creator/{{HBO}}) that showcases WinstonChurchill's Winston Churchill's career as a Prime-Minister across the Second World War, as well as his relationship with his family and his friendships with politicians of the world. The film essentially intercuts scenes showing Churchill's most legendary moments as a politician with his (often troubled) relationship with his family (particularly his wife, Clementine), who have to deal with his harsh personality.
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* BittersweetEnding: The war is won, the world is safe But Churchill lost the election and political career, his family life is even more troubled, the British Empire lies in shambles, the looming threat of the Cold War lies in the horizon, England's fate is uncertain, and the age of Imperial power is over for England.
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* TheBlitz: Shown in its full destructive glory.
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* AffablyEvil: JosefStalin is shown as this. While he is a tyranic despot, one can't deny the man has manners. Lampshaded by Churchill's butler, Sawyers:
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It is also a loose sequel to an earlier movie about Churchill (''The Gathering Storm'', about Churchill's wild years before the War), but it features none of the cast and production staff of the former.
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* AmericaWinsTheWar: "We cannot win it (the war) without the Americans!" Says Churchill. Despite this, the movie actually subverts this: The Americans are shown as worthy allies, but the British (and to a lesser extent the Russians) are shown as just as responsible, if not more so, for the ultimate victory.
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->''"Let us follow, steadfastly together, [[TitleDrop Into the Storm]] and through the storm.''\\
--'''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill'''
Into the Storm (also known as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Churchill At War]]) is a 2009 (made-for-tv) biopic that showcases Winston Churchill's career as a Prime-Minister across the Second World War, as well as his relationship with his family and his friendships with politicians of the world. The film essentially intercuts scenes showing Churchill's most legendary moments as a politician with his (often troubled) relationship with his family (particularly his wife, Clementine), who have to deal with his harsh personality.
In short, the film niftily sums up who Winston Churchill was in detail, showing both his qualities and his flaws.
Brendan Gleeson received widespread acclaim for his portrayal of Winston Churchill, including from Churchill's own daughter.
It is also a loose sequel to an earlier movie about Churchill (''The Gathering Storm'', about Churchill's wild years before the War), but it features none of the cast and production staff of the former.
Not to be confused with the [[Film/IntoTheStorm2014 tornado movie]] released in 2014.
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!!This film features examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Stalin's reaction to Sawyer's comment on him being "[[AffablyEvil a much nicer man than I thought he'd be]]".
* AntiHero: Churchill is portrayed as a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold type III]]: Basically every character in the movie recognizes Churchill is stubborn, arrogant, ill-tempered man, but they also recognize he is the one who can save western civilization from destruction.
* AntiVillain: Lord Halifax is something of an antagonist in the first half of the movie (as he seeks peace with Hitler, opposite to Churchill), but he's portrayed as simply a misguided man. He's shown as wise, calm, well-mannered and respectful. Churchill himself notes Halifax is no enemy of his.
* AffablyEvil: JosefStalin is shown as this. While he is a tyranic despot, one can't deny the man has manners. Lampshaded by Churchill's butler, Sawyers:
-->'''Sawyers''': "I drink to Marshal Stalin, a much nicer man than I thought he'd be."
* ArcWords: "Out spoke Brave Horatius, the Captain of the gate: To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods?" a phrase repeated by Winston Churchill twice in the movie.
* AllOfThem: Used in George and Churchill's first conversation, regarding the movement of the British Army ("How many of them (will go to France)?" "All of them. The entire British army.")
* AmericaWinsTheWar: "We cannot win it (the war) without the Americans!" Says Churchill. Despite this, the movie actually subverts this: The Americans are shown as worthy allies, but the British (and to a lesser extent the Russians) are shown as just as responsible, if not more so, for the ultimate victory.
* ArmchairMilitary: Churchill's opinion on Eisenhower.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The idea of turning ships into icebergs to disguise them sounds brillant at first, but then...
-->'''Ismay''': Icebergs travelling ''in formation'', sir? At a steady eight knots?
-->'''Winston''': We'd have to work on the details..
-->'''Ismay''': ...And with smoke coming out of a funnel?
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Clemmie and Winston bicker a lot, but they have their sweet moments too.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Churchill is rarely not sharp-dressed.
* BattleButler: Thompson acts like a common butler in the movie, but he also was Churchill's bodyguard.
* BearerOfBadNews: ''Poor'' Captain Pim. Man only gets to announce the bad news. Lampshaded by Churchill when he finally announced something good (the German surrender and the war's end).
-->'''Churchill''': After bringing me bad news for five years, in one feel swoop you have redeemed yourself.
* BerserkButton: "The British are afraid of fighting" claims Stalin. Churchill's face immediately shifts into a DeathGlare, as does the look of every other Brit in the room.
* {{Biopic}}: Of the "Greatest Triumph swiftly followed by downfall" variety.
* BittersweetEnding: The war is won, the world is safe But Churchill lost the election and political career, his family life is even more troubled, the British Empire lies in shambles, the looming threat of the Cold War lies in the horizon, England's fate is uncertain, and the age of Imperial power is over for England.
* TheBlitz: Shown in its full destructive glory.
* BrutalHonesty: There's an amusing scene where Churchill and Montgomery meet each other for the first time, and Montgomery displays the same kind of brutal honesty Churchill does, and Churchill grows an admiration for him due that fact.
* ButtMonkey: Sawyers, Churchill's butler, cannot go a single scene without Winston mocking him for something.
* {{Catchphrase}}: InUniverse with Churchill's "Keep buggering on". While he doesn't say the phrase often in the movie, King George mentions it as being Churchill's catch phrase in one scene (which is factual).
* TheChainsOfCommanding: The harsh decisions of leadership take quite a toll on Churchill.
* CharacterFilibuster: Do not mention politics to Winston Churchill. He has ''a lot'' of things to say about the Labor Party, in specific.
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Adverted. Churchill sometimes comment negatively on the French, but he never explicitly calls them ''cowards'', and from what we hear they're quite a fearsome force to face.
* TheChosenOne / BecauseDestinySaysSo:
-->'''King George''': It is an [[ContrivedCoincidence extraordinary coincidence]]; Hitler attacking the West and you becoming Prime-Minster the same day.
-->'''Winston Churchill''': Could be coincidence, Sir. Could be destiny.
* CigarChomper: Who else?
* ComicallySerious: Ismay, Churchill's military aid, is quite amusing with the straight face he keeps to Winston's antics.
* DarkestHour: The first third of the film focuses on Britain's darkest hour.
* DeconReconSwitch: The movie deconstructs a bit Churchill's heroic image. While he is shown as a headstrong, principled man who will not give up, and indeed, the savior of Britain, the movie also shows his temper and his personality damaged his personal life irreparably, and by the end his refusal to change turned him in a relic of a forgotten era.
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Stalin has one, as does Attlee.
* EndOfAnAge: The final third of the film, showcasing the post-war period, has a very melancholic feel to it, displaying the definitive end of the British Empire and the downfall of Winston Churchill and the sort of Imperialistic, larger-than life politician he represents.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Neville Chamberlain is announcing his resignation to Churchill and Halifax. Churchill simply glares in the horizon without saying a word and ignoring Chamberlain like a stubborn ox until Chamberlain and Halifax catch the drift of what he means.
* FireForgedFriends: King George starts with a mild dislike for Churchill and his methods, but as the war rages on, they grow closer. A similar series of events happens with Roosevelt and Churchill.
* ForegoneConclusion: We already know how the war will turn out, the interesting part is Churchill's struggle.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord Halifax, early in the movie, sternly warns Churchill that Britain cannot win the war without a devastating loss of life and resources that will probably cost them the British Empire. [[ForegoneConclusion He's correct]].
* FreudianTrio: Halifax, Churchill and Attlee. Halifax is TheSpock, priorizing Britain's survival at all costs, Churchill is TheMcCoy, seeking honor and duty, Attlee is TheKirk, being something of a middle ground.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Sgt. Maddox, the scarred war-veteran Churchill talks to when awarding him the Victoria Cross, is one of the young men present in the scene Churchill visits the Air Force field.
* FromBadToWorse: This phrase effectively sums up Britain's situation for the first three years or so of the War.
* FullFrontalAssault: "As you can see, Mr. President, I have nothing to conceal from you."
* TheGhost: We never see (or even hear) Dwight Eisenhower, despite him having some bearing in the plot. The same also goes for Adolf Hitler and Mussolini, neither of which ever appears in the movie, but bear heavily in the plot.
* GodwinsLaw: Amusingly, there are two proto-examples. In one a politician, out of the blue, compares Churchill to Hitler to offend him, and in another Churchill himself mentions the socialists would use "some form of Gestapo".
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Churchill and Roosevelt, as in real life.
* HeroicBSOD: Two. Churchill starts having one when the sheer loss of life the war caused starts to get him, and a second one after he loses the election near the end of the movie, he spends the rest of the movie with an empty gaze.
* HeroicRROD: Churchill ''gives himself a heart attack'' with the amount of work he does. TruthInTelevision
* HeroicWillpower: Winston, quoth FDR:
-->'''Roosevelt''': Maybe drunk, maybe a warmonger, but certainly a fighter.
* HonorBeforeReason: Churchill's defining characteristic, both his greatest asset in the war, and his greatest flaw in personal life and politics.
* {{Jerkass}}: Stalin in the scene they are discussing the war strategy. He spends the entire scene offending his Allies for no reason.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Winston himself.
* TheLancer: Clementine is one to Winston.
* LargeHam: Brendan Gleeson as Churchill, of course, but most remarkably we have General Montgomery's single scene ("What we have here is '''WORSE''' than ''useless''!")
** HamToHamCombat: Montgomery and Churchill talking.
* LastStand: Quoth Winston:
-->'''Winston Churchill''': If the long history of our island is to end, at last, then, let it end only when each one of us lies choking on his own blood upon the ground!
* ManChild: Clementine says Churchill is one, but she says positively: He has an overactive imagination, jokes too much and is overexcited at many times.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Winston's face when he sees the sheer loss of life he brought upon speaks more than a thousand words.
* ParentalObliviousness: Churchill's parents ignored him according to Clemmie. This is factual.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Harris' justification for the bombing of Dresden.
* PrecisionFStrike: It is used twice, both by Churchill.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: King George embodies this trope in heart and soul every time he appears in scene.
* RedOniBlueOni: Churchill and ''[[HotBlooded everyone he shares a room with]]'', but the dynamic is more clear with the calm, understated and polite Atlee.
* TheReliableOne: Clementine is Winston's caretaker, as he is absolutely ''hopeless'' with normal life.
* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: The gist of Halifax VS Churchill debate. Halifax is proposing a pragmatic way out for the British Empire to remain, while Churchill is prioritizing honor and duty instead of survival.
* RousingSpeech: Bits and parts of most of Churchill's epic war speeches are shown in the movie.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: King George helped Churchill a great deal with his guidance, and when the blitz is upon them, he refuses to leave London at personal risk.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Churchill proudly declares (to an uproar of applause) that Britain will fight no matter the cost, Halifax gets up and leaves the room quietly. Incidentally this is his last scene in the movie.
* ShownTheirWork: The movie is practically impeccable in historical accuracy. They get even tiny details (such as the name of Churchill's butlers and ''his favorite film'') entirely correctly.
* SociopathicHero: Air Marshal "Bomber" Harris, who is the one to suggest and execute the bombing of Dresden and in one scene ''brags about it''.
* StiffUpperLip: Everyone. None of the main cast seems particularly shocked at the prospect of the blitz, and Churchill even watches the battle unfold.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Churchill can act quite reasonable to some people then terribly to others. Noticeably with his two main employees: He treats Sawyers very badly, but seems to respect [[BattleButler Thompson]] very well.
* TwoFaced: A recipient of the Victoria Cross.
* WarIsGlorious / WarIsHell: Churchill's opinion on the subject (taken from an actual quote)
-->'''Churchill''': What used to be cruel and magnificent is now cruel and squalid.
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The Brits bicker amongst themselves an awful lot, and Stalin and Churchill clearly are not eye-to-eye.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: InUniverse. Churchill and his friends are watching a movie (his favorite movie, ''The Hamilton Woman'') and he recommends replacing the name Napoleon for Hitler in Nelson's RousingSpeech.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lord Halifax vanishes off the movie mid-way through.
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: The result of the conflict by the end of the movie, from Britain's perspective.
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[[caption-width-right:250: "We shall never surrender."]]
->''"Let us follow, steadfastly together, [[TitleDrop Into the Storm]] and through the storm.''\\
--'''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill'''
Into the Storm (also known as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Churchill At War]]) is a 2009 (made-for-tv) biopic that showcases Winston Churchill's career as a Prime-Minister across the Second World War, as well as his relationship with his family and his friendships with politicians of the world. The film essentially intercuts scenes showing Churchill's most legendary moments as a politician with his (often troubled) relationship with his family (particularly his wife, Clementine), who have to deal with his harsh personality.
In short, the film niftily sums up who Winston Churchill was in detail, showing both his qualities and his flaws.
Brendan Gleeson received widespread acclaim for his portrayal of Winston Churchill, including from Churchill's own daughter.
It is also a loose sequel to an earlier movie about Churchill (''The Gathering Storm'', about Churchill's wild years before the War), but it features none of the cast and production staff of the former.
Not to be confused with the [[Film/IntoTheStorm2014 tornado movie]] released in 2014.
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!!This film features examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Stalin's reaction to Sawyer's comment on him being "[[AffablyEvil a much nicer man than I thought he'd be]]".
* AntiHero: Churchill is portrayed as a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold type III]]: Basically every character in the movie recognizes Churchill is stubborn, arrogant, ill-tempered man, but they also recognize he is the one who can save western civilization from destruction.
* AntiVillain: Lord Halifax is something of an antagonist in the first half of the movie (as he seeks peace with Hitler, opposite to Churchill), but he's portrayed as simply a misguided man. He's shown as wise, calm, well-mannered and respectful. Churchill himself notes Halifax is no enemy of his.
* AffablyEvil: JosefStalin is shown as this. While he is a tyranic despot, one can't deny the man has manners. Lampshaded by Churchill's butler, Sawyers:
-->'''Sawyers''': "I drink to Marshal Stalin, a much nicer man than I thought he'd be."
* ArcWords: "Out spoke Brave Horatius, the Captain of the gate: To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods?" a phrase repeated by Winston Churchill twice in the movie.
* AllOfThem: Used in George and Churchill's first conversation, regarding the movement of the British Army ("How many of them (will go to France)?" "All of them. The entire British army.")
* AmericaWinsTheWar: "We cannot win it (the war) without the Americans!" Says Churchill. Despite this, the movie actually subverts this: The Americans are shown as worthy allies, but the British (and to a lesser extent the Russians) are shown as just as responsible, if not more so, for the ultimate victory.
* ArmchairMilitary: Churchill's opinion on Eisenhower.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The idea of turning ships into icebergs to disguise them sounds brillant at first, but then...
-->'''Ismay''': Icebergs travelling ''in formation'', sir? At a steady eight knots?
-->'''Winston''': We'd have to work on the details..
-->'''Ismay''': ...And with smoke coming out of a funnel?
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Clemmie and Winston bicker a lot, but they have their sweet moments too.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Churchill is rarely not sharp-dressed.
* BattleButler: Thompson acts like a common butler in the movie, but he also was Churchill's bodyguard.
* BearerOfBadNews: ''Poor'' Captain Pim. Man only gets to announce the bad news. Lampshaded by Churchill when he finally announced something good (the German surrender and the war's end).
-->'''Churchill''': After bringing me bad news for five years, in one feel swoop you have redeemed yourself.
* BerserkButton: "The British are afraid of fighting" claims Stalin. Churchill's face immediately shifts into a DeathGlare, as does the look of every other Brit in the room.
* {{Biopic}}: Of the "Greatest Triumph swiftly followed by downfall" variety.
* BittersweetEnding: The war is won, the world is safe But Churchill lost the election and political career, his family life is even more troubled, the British Empire lies in shambles, the looming threat of the Cold War lies in the horizon, England's fate is uncertain, and the age of Imperial power is over for England.
* TheBlitz: Shown in its full destructive glory.
* BrutalHonesty: There's an amusing scene where Churchill and Montgomery meet each other for the first time, and Montgomery displays the same kind of brutal honesty Churchill does, and Churchill grows an admiration for him due that fact.
* ButtMonkey: Sawyers, Churchill's butler, cannot go a single scene without Winston mocking him for something.
* {{Catchphrase}}: InUniverse with Churchill's "Keep buggering on". While he doesn't say the phrase often in the movie, King George mentions it as being Churchill's catch phrase in one scene (which is factual).
* TheChainsOfCommanding: The harsh decisions of leadership take quite a toll on Churchill.
* CharacterFilibuster: Do not mention politics to Winston Churchill. He has ''a lot'' of things to say about the Labor Party, in specific.
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Adverted. Churchill sometimes comment negatively on the French, but he never explicitly calls them ''cowards'', and from what we hear they're quite a fearsome force to face.
* TheChosenOne / BecauseDestinySaysSo:
-->'''King George''': It is an [[ContrivedCoincidence extraordinary coincidence]]; Hitler attacking the West and you becoming Prime-Minster the same day.
-->'''Winston Churchill''': Could be coincidence, Sir. Could be destiny.
* CigarChomper: Who else?
* ComicallySerious: Ismay, Churchill's military aid, is quite amusing with the straight face he keeps to Winston's antics.
* DarkestHour: The first third of the film focuses on Britain's darkest hour.
* DeconReconSwitch: The movie deconstructs a bit Churchill's heroic image. While he is shown as a headstrong, principled man who will not give up, and indeed, the savior of Britain, the movie also shows his temper and his personality damaged his personal life irreparably, and by the end his refusal to change turned him in a relic of a forgotten era.
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Stalin has one, as does Attlee.
* EndOfAnAge: The final third of the film, showcasing the post-war period, has a very melancholic feel to it, displaying the definitive end of the British Empire and the downfall of Winston Churchill and the sort of Imperialistic, larger-than life politician he represents.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Neville Chamberlain is announcing his resignation to Churchill and Halifax. Churchill simply glares in the horizon without saying a word and ignoring Chamberlain like a stubborn ox until Chamberlain and Halifax catch the drift of what he means.
* FireForgedFriends: King George starts with a mild dislike for Churchill and his methods, but as the war rages on, they grow closer. A similar series of events happens with Roosevelt and Churchill.
* ForegoneConclusion: We already know how the war will turn out, the interesting part is Churchill's struggle.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord Halifax, early in the movie, sternly warns Churchill that Britain cannot win the war without a devastating loss of life and resources that will probably cost them the British Empire. [[ForegoneConclusion He's correct]].
* FreudianTrio: Halifax, Churchill and Attlee. Halifax is TheSpock, priorizing Britain's survival at all costs, Churchill is TheMcCoy, seeking honor and duty, Attlee is TheKirk, being something of a middle ground.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Sgt. Maddox, the scarred war-veteran Churchill talks to when awarding him the Victoria Cross, is one of the young men present in the scene Churchill visits the Air Force field.
* FromBadToWorse: This phrase effectively sums up Britain's situation for the first three years or so of the War.
* FullFrontalAssault: "As you can see, Mr. President, I have nothing to conceal from you."
* TheGhost: We never see (or even hear) Dwight Eisenhower, despite him having some bearing in the plot. The same also goes for Adolf Hitler and Mussolini, neither of which ever appears in the movie, but bear heavily in the plot.
* GodwinsLaw: Amusingly, there are two proto-examples. In one a politician, out of the blue, compares Churchill to Hitler to offend him, and in another Churchill himself mentions the socialists would use "some form of Gestapo".
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Churchill and Roosevelt, as in real life.
* HeroicBSOD: Two. Churchill starts having one when the sheer loss of life the war caused starts to get him, and a second one after he loses the election near the end of the movie, he spends the rest of the movie with an empty gaze.
* HeroicRROD: Churchill ''gives himself a heart attack'' with the amount of work he does. TruthInTelevision
* HeroicWillpower: Winston, quoth FDR:
-->'''Roosevelt''': Maybe drunk, maybe a warmonger, but certainly a fighter.
* HonorBeforeReason: Churchill's defining characteristic, both his greatest asset in the war, and his greatest flaw in personal life and politics.
* {{Jerkass}}: Stalin in the scene they are discussing the war strategy. He spends the entire scene offending his Allies for no reason.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Winston himself.
* TheLancer: Clementine is one to Winston.
* LargeHam: Brendan Gleeson as Churchill, of course, but most remarkably we have General Montgomery's single scene ("What we have here is '''WORSE''' than ''useless''!")
** HamToHamCombat: Montgomery and Churchill talking.
* LastStand: Quoth Winston:
-->'''Winston Churchill''': If the long history of our island is to end, at last, then, let it end only when each one of us lies choking on his own blood upon the ground!
* ManChild: Clementine says Churchill is one, but she says positively: He has an overactive imagination, jokes too much and is overexcited at many times.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Winston's face when he sees the sheer loss of life he brought upon speaks more than a thousand words.
* ParentalObliviousness: Churchill's parents ignored him according to Clemmie. This is factual.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Harris' justification for the bombing of Dresden.
* PrecisionFStrike: It is used twice, both by Churchill.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: King George embodies this trope in heart and soul every time he appears in scene.
* RedOniBlueOni: Churchill and ''[[HotBlooded everyone he shares a room with]]'', but the dynamic is more clear with the calm, understated and polite Atlee.
* TheReliableOne: Clementine is Winston's caretaker, as he is absolutely ''hopeless'' with normal life.
* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: The gist of Halifax VS Churchill debate. Halifax is proposing a pragmatic way out for the British Empire to remain, while Churchill is prioritizing honor and duty instead of survival.
* RousingSpeech: Bits and parts of most of Churchill's epic war speeches are shown in the movie.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: King George helped Churchill a great deal with his guidance, and when the blitz is upon them, he refuses to leave London at personal risk.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Churchill proudly declares (to an uproar of applause) that Britain will fight no matter the cost, Halifax gets up and leaves the room quietly. Incidentally this is his last scene in the movie.
* ShownTheirWork: The movie is practically impeccable in historical accuracy. They get even tiny details (such as the name of Churchill's butlers and ''his favorite film'') entirely correctly.
* SociopathicHero: Air Marshal "Bomber" Harris, who is the one to suggest and execute the bombing of Dresden and in one scene ''brags about it''.
* StiffUpperLip: Everyone. None of the main cast seems particularly shocked at the prospect of the blitz, and Churchill even watches the battle unfold.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Churchill can act quite reasonable to some people then terribly to others. Noticeably with his two main employees: He treats Sawyers very badly, but seems to respect [[BattleButler Thompson]] very well.
* TwoFaced: A recipient of the Victoria Cross.
* WarIsGlorious / WarIsHell: Churchill's opinion on the subject (taken from an actual quote)
-->'''Churchill''': What used to be cruel and magnificent is now cruel and squalid.
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The Brits bicker amongst themselves an awful lot, and Stalin and Churchill clearly are not eye-to-eye.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: InUniverse. Churchill and his friends are watching a movie (his favorite movie, ''The Hamilton Woman'') and he recommends replacing the name Napoleon for Hitler in Nelson's RousingSpeech.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lord Halifax vanishes off the movie mid-way through.
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: The result of the conflict by the end of the movie, from Britain's perspective.
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