A ROYAL AFFAIR
synopsis
Johann Friedrich Struensee, town physician and doctor to the poor of Altona – then governed by the King of Denmark – accompanies his monarch in 1768 on the latter’s year-long trip around Europe. During the journey, he gains the trust of the psychologically unstable king and is made his personal physician. But Struensee wants more: together with Queen Caroline Mathilde, who falls in love with the handsome and assertive medic, he increasingly takes over state affairs. Committed to the grand ideas of European enlightenment, he implements freedom of the press and of expression, abolishes torture and serfdom, reforms the school system and curtails the privileges of the aristocracy.
international title: | A Royal Affair |
original title: | En kongelig affære |
country: | Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic |
sales agent: | TrustNordisk |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Nikolaj Arcel |
film run: | 128' |
release date: | DK 29/03/2012, EE 30/30/2012, SE 13/04/2012, DE 19/04/2012, AT 04/05/2012, IE 15/06/2012, UK 15/06/2012, NL 23/08/2012, IS 31/08/2012, NO 14/09/2012, BE 19/09/2012, PL 21/09/2012, RO 28/09/2012, FR 21/11/2012, LU 21/11/2012, HU 22/11/2012, SI 10/12/2012, GR 21/02/2013, ES 01/03/2013, LV 15/03/2013, IT 29/08/2013 |
screenplay: | Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel |
cast: | Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Bent Mejding, Cyron Melville |
cinematography by: | Rasmus Videbæk |
film editing: | Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Kasper Leick |
art director: | Niels Sejer |
costumes designer: | Manon Rasmussen |
music: | Gabriel Yared, Cyrille Aufort |
producer: | Louise Vesth, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Meta Louise Foldager |
production: | Zentropa Entertainments, Danmarks Radio, Trollhättan Film AB, Film i Väst, Sveriges Television AB - SVT, Sirena Film |
backing: | Danish Film Institute, Czech Film Commission, MDM Leipzig Film Fund, Nordisk Film & TV Fond |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Distribution, Aerofilms, Best Film, Elite Film AG, Estinfilm OÜ, Filmladen, Golem Distribución, Independenta Film, MFA Filmdistribution, September Film Distribution Netherlands, Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Cinemania group d.o.o., Metrodome Distribution, Abc Distribution, Jour2fête, Chrysalis Films, Forum Cinema, Academy Two |