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A Royal Affair

2012 · 137 min

A stately, sorrowful costume drama that aches with forbidden love and doomed idealism, sweeping you toward a fate you dread.

Directed by
Nikolaj Arcel
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Starring
Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Tagline
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.

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Directed by
Nikolaj Arcel
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Starring
Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • power
  • betrayal
  • politics
  • freedom
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, history, romance
Directed by
Nikolaj Arcel
Written by
Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg
Starring
Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Cyron Melville, Bent Mejding
Music
Cyrille Aufort, Gabriel Yared
Cinematography
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Runtime
137 min
Country
Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Languages
German, Danish, English, French

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