The King's Speech · written by David Seidler · 2010

She struggles with the tiny elevator leading to Logue’s rooms.

Scene 14 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 8 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 14

Prince Albert seeks to overcome a lifelong stammer so he can serve his country, but his fear of public failure and the royal hierarchy obstruct his work with an unconventional speech therapist.

Scenes 1–11
Bertie lives within royal ceremony but cannot speak publicly and remains constrained by family roles.
Just before
Scene 11
Elizabeth comforts Bertie; they agree to stop trying the same failed treatments.
Scene 12
Elizabeth searches Harley Street for the speech therapist recommended to her.
Scene 13
Elizabeth reaches the cramped entrance to Lionel Logue’s basement practice.
Scene 14
This scene

14INT. ELEVATOR - CONTINUOUS

Elizabeth inside the cramped elevator.

She surveys the buttons. The bottom one reads “Basement: L. Logue, Speech Defects”.

She closes the inner gate of the elevator and presses the bottom button.

Nothing.

Confused, she opens the inner gate, closes the outer gate then the inner gate and presses the button again. The elevator jumps downwards.