A Royal Affair (Danish: En kongelig affaere)

Synopsis

"The story is set in the 18th century, at the court of the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark, and focuses on the romance between his wife, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, and the royal physician Johann Friedrich Struensee. . . . Ten years later, Prince Frederick and Princess Louise Auguste read the letter. On-screen text reveals that when he became king, Frederick returned to the reforming ways of Struensee. . . . Historian Alfred Brown notes that the film depicts Struensee as speaking fluent Danish, when in fact he did not speak it and persistently used German, which helped alienate him from Danish society. Brown also notes that 'The exiled Queen's letter to her children makes a good frame story to the film, however had she in reality written such a letter –frankly admitting Princess Louise Auguste's true parentage– it might have easily fallen into the wrong hands and caused the young princess to be declared a bastard.'" [Wikipedia]

Genre

Historical

Released

2012

Location

Europe

Period

Denmark 1766-1783;

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