On November 20, 2010, Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny, the newest production of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s two-time Academy Awardâ„¢- winning Moriah Films, will open in Santa Monica at Laemmle Monica 4-Plex, 1332 Second St, Santa Monica, CA.
Narrated by Academy Awardâ„¢ – winner, Sir Ben Kingsley, Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny recounts Churchill’s years in the political wilderness, his early opposition to Adolf Hitler and Nazism, and his support for Jews under threat by the Nazi regime. The film also focuses on his return to government by the demand of the British people and his rise to the Prime Minister’s office in 1940.
Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny was written by Rabbi Marvin Hier, Founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Moriah Films and Richard Trank, Moriah’s Executive Producer. The film was produced by Rabbi Hier and Richard Trank; and directed by Richard Trank.
Production and distribution of this film was made possible, in large part, through the support, coordination and financial assistance of the Office of Holocaust Issues, U.S. Department of State.