Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener - Kitchener in Historical Films

Kitchener in Historical Films

• In the film Khartoum, "Major Kitchener", played by Peter Arne, has a role in the Gordon Relief Expedition of 1884–5.
• In the film Young Winston, Kitchener, portrayed by Sir John Mills, is shown disapproving of the young Winston Churchill's attempts to see action in Sudan. He disdainfully sweeps a book by Churchill into the bin, and is astonished when, during the battle of Omdurman, it is Lieutenant Churchill who brings him a message about the speed with which the enemy are approaching. Kitchener is incorrectly shown as wearing the insignia of a full general, a higher rank than he in fact held at that time.
• In the film Breaker Morant, he is portrayed by Australian actor Alan Cassell.
• The sinking of the HMS Hampshire is portrayed in the 1969 WW1 Italian historical film Fraulein Doktor, in which a spy known as 'The Woman'(Suzy Kendall) relays information which leads to a German U-Boat sinking the Hampshire after laying mines. A British Colonel(Kenneth More) summarises Kitchener's death by stating that when the Hampshire was sunk 700 men were lost, but one man was assassinated.