The war-time leader was said to have been a huge fan of the film (illustrative) A classic war film was said to have been a favourite of Winston Churchill and is described by fans as "immeasurably beautiful". That Hamilton Woman (1941) is set during the Napoleonic Wars and dramatises the real-life story of an affair between Lady Hamilton (played by Vivien Leigh), who rose from poverty to become a prominent actor and artist's muse, and naval war hero Lord Horatio Nelson (Laurence Olivier). Directed by Hungarian–born British film director Alexander Korda, the film is both a war film and a...