Firth's face is a picture of misery in the opening scene, under his top hat, as if attending his own funeral.

As we have already said, Corinthe was the meeting-place if not the rallying-point, of Courfeyrac and his friends.

It capped off a phenomenal year for Firth, who won practically every award out there for playing George VI's attempts to overcome his stuttering before he assumes the throne of England.