Oscar and BAFTA-winning fact-based drama, starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Timothy Spall, Guy Pearce, Claire Bloom and Jennifer Ehle. Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush star in the fascinating, moving and often humorous story of the personal relationship that develops between England\'s reluctant King George VI and his maverick speech therapist. The younger son of George V struggles to cope with an uncontrollable stammer, prompting his wife to enlist the aid of an eccentric Australian speech therapist. The support and friendship of the doctor proves invaluable when a crisis places the repressed prince on the throne, just as the outbreak of WWII leaves the country in need of a strong king.