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The radio leak now being a common household item the king needs to address all his subjects on the air. Churchill says “War with Germany will come and we will need a king who we can all stand behind” George VII needs to lead the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth needed a leader, someone who would inspire confidence. But after speaking about his childhood, lack of friends and even bullying, the King begins to open up to Louge and realise that he can be a great leader.Īfter being pushed into power as King of England Firth must speak for the people in a time of war. He believe that it comes from deeper psychological issues, a very strange notion at the time. King George VII had many physical ailments as a child many which were treated harshly and and the stammering was thought to be physical but Lionel Louge has different ideas. Well, I can’t speak.” the King relies on the help of this little-known foreign speech therapist to overcome his stammer enough to give important public speeches. Firth shouts “The nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. After seeing various speech therapists at no avail, his wife finds a very unconventional speech therapist Lionel Louge played by Geoffrey Rush. So Prince Albert reluctantly took his place leading England right before World War II.Ī feel good movie in which the King overcomes various personal issues of self worth in a brave feat of public speaking and attempting to overcome his stammer while addressing his people. The King’s speech is about Prince Albert who later became George VII he was not expecting to be King he was second in line to the throne but his brother abdicated the throne in order to marry an American Divorcee that he had fallen madly in love with. Starring the ever charming George VI played by Colin Firth.