That Hamilton Woman (Criterion Collection) (1941) On DVD

Actor:         Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Heather Angel, Leonard Carey, Julie Compton
Director:    Alexander Korda
Genre:        Drama
Year:           1941
Studio:      Criterion
Length :      128
Released:  September 8, 2009
Rating:        Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:       DVD
Misc:            Black & White
Language:   English
Subtitles:   English

DESCRIPTION:

One of cinema's most dashing duos, real-life spouses Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier enact their greatest on-screen romance in this visually dazzling tragic love story from legendary producer-director Alexander Korda. Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century, That Hamilton Woman is a gripping account of the scandalous adulterous affair between the British Royal Navy officer Lord Horatio Nelson and the renowned beauty Lady Emma Hamilton, the wife of a British ambassador. With its grandly designed sea battles and formidable star performances, Korda's film (Winston Churchill's favorite movie, which he claimed to have seen over eighty times) brings history to vivid, glamorous life.