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A Queen Is Crowned
Film poster
Directed by	Michael Waldman
Written by	Christopher Fry
Produced by	Castleton Knight
Narrated by	Laurence Olivier
Music by	Guy Warrack
Production company	The Rank Organisation
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	2 June 1953 (1953-06-02)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$602,702 (US)

A Queen Is Crowned is a 1953 British Technicolor documentary film written by Christopher Fry. The film documents the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, with a narration of events by Laurence Olivier. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and was the first winner of the now-defunct Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film. The film was one of the most popular at the British box office in 1953.

Cast

Laurence Olivier as Narrator
Queen Elizabeth II as Herself
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as Himself
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother as Herself
Prince Charles as Himself
Jawaharlal Nehru as Himself

Release

It was the first film ever shown on the Scottish islands of Eigg and Rùm, although played on the latter island without sound as the generator was not strong enough.

References

"John Davis Cites Cases". Variety. 17 November 1954. p. 8.
"The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
"NY Times: A Queen Is Crowned". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
"Winners & Nominees Documentary". GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
Thumim, Janet. "The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry". Screen. Vol. 32, no. 3. p. 259.
"Scot Isle's 1st Films". Variety. 19 August 1953. p. 13. Retrieved 17 March 2024 – via Internet Archive.

External links

A Queen Is Crowned at IMDb

v t e The films of Castleton Knight
Feature films	The Plaything (1929) The Flying Scotsman (1929) The Lady from the Sea (1929) Kissing Cup's Race (1930) For Freedom (1940)
Documentaries	A Queen Is Crowned (1953)

Elizabeth II

Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (1952–2022)

Realms

Titles and
honours

Family

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband)
Charles III (son)
Anne, Princess Royal (daughter)
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (son)
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (son)
George VI (father)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (mother)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (sister)
Mountbatten-Windsor family

Early life

Accession and
coronation

Reign

Jubilees

Silver Jubilee	Events Medal Honours Jubilee Gardens Jubilee line Jubilee Walkway
Ruby Jubilee	Queen's Anniversary Prizes
Golden Jubilee	Prom at the Palace Party at the Palace Medal Honours The Odyssey 2002 royal tour of Canada
Diamond Jubilee	Pageant Armed Forces Parade and Muster Thames Pageant Gloriana Spirit of Chartwell Concert Gibraltar Flotilla Medal Honours
Sapphire Jubilee	Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake Brooch
Platinum Jubilee	Medal Beacons Elizabeth line Platinum Party at the Palace Pageant Platinum Jubilee Celebration: A Gallop Through History Trooping the Colour National Service of Thanksgiving Platinum Pudding The Queen's Green Canopy Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours The Bahamas Platinum Jubilee Sailing Regatta The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert Big Jubilee Read "Queenhood" Queen's Platinum Jubilee Gardens

Commonwealth
tours

Ships used	HMS Vanguard (23) SS Gothic (1947) HMY Britannia

State visits

Outgoing	State visit to Spain State visit to Russia State visit to Ireland
Incoming	Pope Benedict XVI President Michael D. Higgins President Xi Jinping

Broadcasts

Depictions

Books	The Little Princesses (1950) The BFG (1982) The Queen and I (1992) Queen Camilla (2006) The Uncommon Reader (2007) Winnie-the-Pooh Meets the Queen (2016)
Documentaries	Royal Journey (1951) A Queen Is Crowned (1953) Royal New Zealand Journey (1954) The Queen in Australia (1954) The Royal Tour of the Caribbean (1966) Royal Family (1969) Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen (1992) Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (2007) The Diamond Queen (2012) Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute (2016) The Coronation (2018) Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts (2022) Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen (2022)
Fictionalised film and television depictions	Spitting Image (1984–96); (2020–21) The BFG (1989) A Question of Attribution (1992) Willi und die Windzors (1996) Her Majesty (2001) The Queen (2006) South Park: The Snuke (2007) The Queen (2009 TV serial) Happy and Glorious (2012) A Royal Night Out (2015) Minions (2015) The BFG (2016) The Crown (2016–23) The Queen's Corgi (2019) 2020 alternative Christmas message The Prince (2021)
Plays	A Question of Attribution (1988) The Audience (2013) Handbagged (2013)
Portraits	Herbert James Gunn (1950) William Dargie (1954) Pietro Annigoni (1955, 1969 and 1972) Andy Warhol (1985) Richard Stone (1992) Justin Mortimer (1997) Rolf Harris (2005) Ralph Heimans (2012) Damien Hirst (2014) Henry Ward (2016) Ai-Da (2022)
Stamps	Wilding series Canadian domestic rate stamp Castle series Country definitives Machin series (list)
Statues	Windsor Winnipeg Lagos Toronto York Minster Oakham Antrim Newcastle-under-Lyme Andover London (planned)
Songs	"God Save the Queen" (Sex Pistols song) "Her Majesty"

Animals

Corgis	Dookie Susan
Horses	Aureole Burmese Carrozza Dunfermline Estimate Height of Fashion Highclere Pall Mall Winston

Death

← George VI
Charles III →

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film
A Queen Is Crowned (1953) Elvis on Tour / Walls of Fire (1972) Visions of Eight (1973) Animals Are Beautiful People (1974) Youthquake! (1975) Altars of the World (1976)

v t e National Board of Review Award for Best International Film
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1951–1975	Rashomon (1951) The Sound Barrier (1952) A Queen Is Crowned (1953) Romeo and Juliet (1954) The Prisoner (1955) The Silent World (1956) Ordet (1957) Pather Panchali (1958) Wild Strawberries (1959) The World of Apu (1960) Die Brücke (1961) Sundays and Cybèle (1962) 8½ (1963) World Without Sun (1964) Juliet of the Spirits (1965) The Sleeping Car Murders (1966) Elvira Madigan (1967) War and Peace (1968) Shame (1969) The Wild Child (1970) Claire's Knee (1971) The Sorrow and the Pity (1972) Cries and Whispers (1973) Amarcord (1974) The Story of Adele H. (1975)
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