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

Churchill tells Bertie that the country will need a reliable king and asks what name he will take.

Scene 57 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Winston Churchill
Bertie

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Begins 58 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 57

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.
Scenes 12–24
Elizabeth seeks a different treatment because Bertie must speak and conventional medicine has failed.
Scenes 25–30
Bertie enters Logue’s unfamiliar, egalitarian practice and finally commits to its daily work.
Scene 41
Bertie begins trusting Logue with the family history and humiliations beneath his speech difficulty.
Just before
Scene 54
Baldwin explains that David must abdicate or his government will resign.
Scene 55
Logue admits to Myrtle that he may have pushed a client who is frightened of becoming great.
Scene 56
An equerry turns Lionel away when he asks to see Bertie.
Scene 57
This scene

57INT. BERTIE’S STUDY, 145 PICCADILLY - NIGHT

Bertie and Chuchill sit on either side of Bertie’s desk.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

But there were other reasons for

concern, Sir. He was careless with

state papers. He lacked commitment

and resolve. There were those that

worried where he would stand when

war with Germany comes.

BERTIE

We’re not coming to that?

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Indeed we are, Sir. Prime Minister

Baldwin may deny this, but Hitler’s

intent is crystal clear. War with

Germany will come, and we will need

a King behind whom we can all stand

united.

Silence.

WINSTON CHURCHILL (CONT’D)

Have you thought what you will call

yourself?

Bertie struggles to speak with the shock of the question.

WINSTON CHURCHILL (CONT’D)

Certainly not Albert, Sir. Too

Germanic.

Pause.

WINSTON CHURCHILL (CONT’D)

What about George? After your

father? George the sixth. It has

rather a nice continuity to it,

don’t you think.