Hyde Park on Hudson

Dec 7, 2012

1h 34m

★ 5.3

The President. The First Lady. The King. The Queen. The Mother. The Mistress...One weekend would unite two great nations...After cocktails of course.

Overview

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

History

Production Companies

Free Range Films

Daybreak Pictures

Film4 Productions

Focus Features

Hyde Park on Hudson Trailers

Cast

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Bill Murray

Daisy

Laura Linney

Bertie

Samuel West

Queen Elizabeth

Olivia Colman

Eleanor Roosevelt

Olivia Williams

Missy

Elizabeth Marvel

Mrs. Roosevelt

Elizabeth Wilson

Tommy

Martin McDougall

Cameron

Andrew Havill

Daisy's Aunt

Eleanor Bron

Mrs. Astor

Nancy Baldwin

Princess Te Ata

Kumiko Konishi

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6.2

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6.9

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