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A Royal Affair (2012)

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Their love affair would divide a nation.

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

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Cast & Crew

Director
Nikolaj Arcel
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    Johann Friedrich Struensee Mads Mikkelsen
  • Profile picture of Alicia Vikander
    Caroline Mathilde Alicia Vikander
  • Profile picture of Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
    Christian VII Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
  • Profile picture of David Dencik
    Ove Høegh-Guldberg David Dencik
  • Profile picture of Cyron Melville
    Enevold Brandt Cyron Melville
  • Profile picture of Trine Dyrholm
    Juliane Marie Trine Dyrholm
  • Profile picture of Thomas W. Gabrielsson
    Schack Carl Rantzau Thomas W. Gabrielsson
  • Profile picture of William Jøhnk Nielsen
    Frederik VI William Jøhnk Nielsen

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Keywords

  • infidelity
  • secret love
  • love triangle
  • politics
  • queen
  • coup d'etat
  • royal family
  • royalty
  • enlightenment
  • religion
  • historical fiction
  • doctor
  • period drama
  • 18th century
  • illegitimate child
  • danish history
  • reform
  • aristocracy
  • unhappy marriage
  • unfaithful wife