That Hamilton Woman (1941)
April 3, 1941Release Date
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
April 3, 1941Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Vivien Leigh
Emma Lady Hamilton
Laurence Olivier
Lord Horatio Nelson
Alan Mowbray
Sir William Hamilton
Sara Allgood
Mrs. Cadogan-Lyon
Gladys Cooper
Lady Frances Nelson
Henry Wilcoxon
Captain Hardy
Heather Angel
A Streetgirl
Halliwell Hobbes
Rev. Nelson
Gilbert Emery
Lord Spencer
Miles Mander
Lord Keith
Ronald Sinclair
Josiah
Luis Alberni
King of Naples
Alexander Korda
Director
Walter Reisch
Writer
Norma Drury
Queen of Naples
R.C. Sherriff
Writer
Olaf Hytten
Gavin
Juliette Compton
Lady Spencer
Miklós Rózsa
Composer
Guy Kingsford
Captain Troubridge
Rudolph Maté
Cinematographer
Leonard Carey
Orderly (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Ship's Minister (uncredited)
Vincent Korda
ProductionDesigner
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 3, 1941
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
That Hamilton Woman, also known as Lady Hamilton, is a 1941 black-and-white historical film drama produced and directed by Alexander Korda for his British company during his exile in the United States. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the film tells the story of the rise and fall of Emma Hamilton, dance-hall girl and courtesan, who married Sir William Hamilton, British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples, and later became Admiral Horatio Nelson's mistress.The film was a critical and financial success, and while on the surface the plot is both a war story and a romance set in Napoleonic times, it was also intended to function as a film that would portray Britain positively within the context of World War II, which was being fought at that time. At the time it was released, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Denmark were all occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union was still officially allied with the Third Reich, so the British were fighting against the Nazis alone and felt the need to produce films that would both boost their morale and also portray them sympathetically to the foreign world, especially the United States.