The King’s Speech

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I saw The King’s Speech last night. Seemed like a pretty good movie, though the Wikipedia entry on George VI certainly suggests that director Tom Hooper stretched the truth a wee bit. But I’m curious: did anyone else think it a little jarring that he chose a German symphony¹ as the background music for the scene where King George reads the speech declaring war on Germany? Or was that a deliberate choice with a significance that escapes me?

¹A good German symphony! Beethoven’s 7th. But still German.