A Royal Affair

Mar 29, 2012

2h 17m

★ 7.4

Their love affair would divide a nation.

Overview

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

Genres

Drama

History

Romance

Production Companies

Sirena Film

Zentropa Entertainments

SVT

Film i Väst

Den Vestdanske Filmpulje

A Royal Affair Trailers

Cast

Caroline Mathilde

Alicia Vikander

Johann Friedrich Struensee

Mads Mikkelsen

Christian VII

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Juliane Marie

Trine Dyrholm

Ove Høegh-Guldberg

David Dencik

Schack Carl Rantzau

Thomas W. Gabrielsson

Enevold Brandt

Cyron Melville

J. H. E. Bernstoff

Bent Mejding

Augusta - Prinsesse af Wales

Harriet Walter

Louise von Plessen

Laura Bro

Hartmann

Søren Malling

Julianes officer

Jacob Ulrik Lohmann

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