The Life Story of David Lloyd George
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (originally titled The Man Who Saved The Empire)[1][2][3] is a 1918 British silent biopic film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Norman Page, Alma Reville and Ernest Thesiger. The film "is thought to be the first feature length biopic of a contemporary living politician".[4] Finished in 1918, it was not shown publicly until 1996.
For the 1981 BBC television drama serial, see The Life and Times of David Lloyd George.The Life Story of David Lloyd George
Ideal Film Company
- 1996
United Kingdom
English
Preservation status[edit]
Long believed destroyed, the film was rediscovered in the Lloyd George family archives in 1994 by the Wales Film and Television Archive (later the National Library of Wales' National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales). When fully restored, the film had its world premiere in Cardiff in 1996.[6]
In 2009, the film was released on DVD[7] and in 2010 was inscribed in UNESCO's UK Memory of the World Register.[4]