<P> Darkest Hour is a 2017 war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten . It stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill , and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister , as Nazi Germany swept across Western Europe , threatening to defeat the United Kingdom during World War II . The Nazi advance leads to friction at the highest levels of government between those who would make a peace treaty with Hitler , and Churchill , who refused . The film also stars Kristin Scott Thomas , Lily James , Ben Mendelsohn , Stephen Dillane , and Ronald Pickup . </P>
<P> Darkest Hour is a 2017 war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten . It stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill , and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister , as Nazi Germany swept across Western Europe , threatening to defeat the United Kingdom during World War II . The Nazi advance leads to friction at the highest levels of government between those who would make a peace treaty with Hitler , and Churchill , who refused . The film also stars Kristin Scott Thomas , Lily James , Ben Mendelsohn , Stephen Dillane , and Ronald Pickup . </P>
who played winston churchill in the movie darkest hour
who played winston churchill in the movie darkest hour
Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman