Winston Churchill's Darkest Hours on Europe's Survival Against Nazism

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"Darkest Hour," a historic drama by acclaimed filmmaker Joe Wright, shows how Winston Churchill, in early 1940, galvanized the British to fight against Nazi Germany. Though based on historic fact, the film runs like a political thriller, chronicling Churchill’s controversial decision to send England into a perilous war. VOA’s Penelope Poulou spoke with Joe Wright and lead actor Gary Oldman, who played the iconic British statesman.