The Choral

The Choral
British theatrical release poster
Directed byNicholas Hytner
Written byAlan Bennett
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMike Eley
Edited byTariq Anwar
Music byGeorge Fenton
Production
companies
  • Head Gear Films
  • Metrol Technology
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • 5 September 2025 (2025-09-05) (TIFF)
  • 7 November 2025 (2025-11-07) (United Kingdom)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$10 million

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.