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The Duchess
Why this pick
Like A Royal Affair, this is an exquisitely mounted court drama about a politically constrained woman finding private feeling and public consequence in an unforgiving aristocratic world.
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MOVIE2012 2h 17m DNK
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark profiles her intense love affair with her husband's physician, Johann Struensee, in the 1700's.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mads Mikkelsen
Johann Friedrich Struensee
Alicia Vikander
Caroline Mathilde
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Christian VII
David Dencik
Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Cyron Melville
Enevold Brandt
Trine Dyrholm
Juliane Marie
Thomas W. Gabrielsson
Schack Carl Rantzau
William Jøhnk Nielsen
Frederik VI