A Queen Is Crowned (1953) YTS - Download Yify Movie

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

It's hard to imagine anyone but Sir Laurence

It's hard to imagine anyone but Sir Laurence Olivier providing the commentary for this frankly spectacular documentary that presents in glorious technicolour the epitome of pageantry and circumstance that was the Coronation of Elizabeth II. Bedecked in all of it's golden finery, Westminster Abbey provides a fitting - and reasonably well lit - setting for this astonishingly comprehensive coverage of a ceremony that had never before been covered for television. The narration is, as you might expect, suitably theatrical but it's never fawning. The use of poetry and history effortlessly and potently mixed together by a man who does really appear to be as steeped in the event as those inside this ancient church. It's also quite impressive how rousing and emotional a choir can be when in full flow within a building with such almost perfect acoustics. There are long periods without commen. The images and music doing the heavy lifting before the new Sovereign heads back to Buckingham Palace, in the rain, to throngs of people cheering, and with a few of her senior officers less adept on an horse than they might have wished! . Watching this, you realise quite quickly that though it symbolises a new, post-war, age of optimism and colour; it also sends a signal that the days of empire are finished. There are way more "guests" here whom her father might have considered "subjects" - and the whole thing leaves you with a sense, however anachronistic, that this ain't broke, so doesn't need fixing. That these colour images exist in such a complete fashion is remarkable, and regardless of any political views that might exist about the rights and wrongs of moncarhy, this is as close to a photographic work of art as I've seen.

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Reviewed by hamlet-16 8 / 10

A spectacular and moving event..

With Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee almost upon us the film of her coronation in 1953 has been restored and given a limited cinema release.

I had the opportunity to see "A Queen is Crowned" in a cinema.

It jaw dropping. The brilliance of the ceremony at Westminster Abbey is shown in its full glory.

Never have I seen such extraordinary images on screen.

The sheer power of Great Britain's history is on show. But the star must be Technicolor at the very end of the Technicolor era.

The beauty of the young Queen, the deep reds, gold, blues and greens that only Technicolor can offer are contrasted with grey exterior shots of a cold and wet London warmed by huge crowds and a massive military parade, perhaps the last flickering of an imperial Britian.

This not a film for everyone and as others have noted the slightly over the top commentary is jarring to modern ears but nothing can take away from the immense power of the event.

This is a film to be seen on a huge screen. The colour and detail is simply not visible on DVD even on a large television.

A Queen Is Crowned

1953

Action / Documentary / History

A Queen Is Crowned

1953

Action / Documentary / History

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It's hard to imagine anyone but Sir Laurence

A spectacular and moving event..

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