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The Choral

2025 · Film · 113 min

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Music

Plot

As World War I rages on, Dr Henry Guthrie takes over a British choral society that's lost most of its men to the army. The community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make beautiful music together.

About The Choral

The Choral is a 2025 British historical drama film co-produced and directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by Alan Bennett. Set in 1916, during World War I, in the fictional town of Ramsden, Yorkshire, the film follows the members of the local choral society which recruits a disparate group of townspeople for a performance of Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, a work chosen because it was not written by a German. It stars Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Mark Addy, Alun Armstrong, Robert Emms, and Simon Russell Beale. The Choral premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 7 November 2025, by Sony Pictures Classics.

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Cast

  • Ralph FiennesDr Henry Guthrie
  • Roger AllamAlderman Bernard Duxbury
  • Mark AddyJoe Fytton
  • Alun ArmstrongHerbert Trickett
  • Simon Russell BealeSir Edward Elgar
  • Robert EmmsRobert Horner
  • Lyndsey MarshalMrs Bishop
  • Ron CookReverend Woodhead
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