A Royal Affair (2012)

• IMDb page: A Royal Affair (2012)


• Rate: 7.6/10 total 2,542 votes 


• Genre: Drama | History | Romance


• Release Date: 29 March 2012 (Denmark)


• Runtime: 137 min


• Filming Location: Prague, Czech Republic


• Director: Nikolaj Arcel


• Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard|See full cast and crew


• Original Music By: Cyrille Aufort  Gabriel Yared   


• Sound Mix: Dolby Digital


• Plot Keyword: King | Queen | Narration | 18th Century | Love Affair

Writing Credits By:

• Bodil Steensen-Leth (novel "Prinsesse af blodet")


• Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay) and


• Nikolaj Arcel (screenplay)

Known Trivia

• Denmark’s official submission for the Foreign Language Film category of the 85th Academy Awards.

Goofs: Anachronisms: In the 1769 scene when Queen Caroline Mathilde is taking tea with the Dowager Queen Juliane Marie, they are clearly seen to be drinking from Danish Flora Danica cups. This prestigious and world-famous service, still made and hand-painted today, was only ordered in 1790 and was not put to use by the Danish Royal Family until 1803. Neither of the two women outlived the eighteenth century, and anyway there is no way Danish porcelain could have been in use in the 1760s as the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory was not established until 1775, the very year Queen Caroline Mathilde died in exile in Celle. Besides, the Flora Danica service is stylistically an unambiguous product of neoclassicism, a style that did not catch on in Denmark until around 1790.

Plot: A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician – and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever. |  »

Story: A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician – and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

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Produced By:

• Jessica Ask known as co-producer


• Karen Bentzon known as line producer


• Gillian Berrie known as co-producer


• Anna Duffield known as co-producer


• Madeleine Ekman known as co-producer


• Meta Louise Foldager known as producer


• Peter Garde known as executive producer


• Peter Aalbæk Jensen known as executive producer


• Sisse Graum Jørgensen known as producer


• Kristina Kornum known as line producer


• Maria Köpf known as co-producer


• Elin Lennartsson known as line producer: Sweden


• Pavel Muller known as co-producer


• Pavel Muller known as line producer


• René Nielsen known as assistant producer


• Charlotte Pedersen known as associate producer


• Martin Persson known as co-producer


• Louise Vesth known as producer


• Lars von Trier known as executive producer

FullCast & Crew:

• Alicia Vikander known as Caroline Mathilde


• Mads Mikkelsen known as Johann Friedrich Struensee


• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard known as Christian VII


• Trine Dyrholm known as Juliane Marie


• David Dencik known as Ove Høegh-Guldberg


• Thomas W. Gabrielsson known as Schack Carl Rantzau


• Cyron Melville known as Enevold Brandt (as Cyron Bjørn Melville)


• Bent Mejding known as J. H. E. Bernstoff


• Harriet Walter known as Augusta – Princess of Wales


• Laura Bro known as Louise von Plessen


• Søren Malling known as Hartmann


• Jakob Ulrik Lohmann known as Juliane's Officer


• Søren Spanning known as Munter


• Frederik Christian Johansen known as Arveprinsen


• John Martinus known as Reventlow


• Rosalinde Mynster known as Marie


• Nikol Kouklová known as Stovlet-Catherine


• Egob Nielsen known as Mounti


• Michaela Horká known as Bordelmutter


• Alzbeta Jenická known as Bondekone


• Anna Stiborová known as Sophie Livernet


• William Jøhnk Nielsen known as Frederik VI (15 yrs) (as William Jøhnk Juel Nielsen)


• Julia Wentzel Olsen known as Louise Augusta – 12 yrs


• Frank Rubæk known as Minister


• Klaus Tange known as Minister


• Karin Rørbeck known as Juliane's Lady in Waiting


• Zinnini Elkington known as Rantzau's Maid



• Kenneth M. Christensen known as (voice)


• Erika Guntherová known as Hofdame


• Mads Hjulmand known as Hamlet Actor (voice)

..{tab=Supporting Department}Makeup Department:

• Linda Eisenhamerova known as makeup artist (hair stylist) (as Linda Dvorakova)


• Judith Kröher known as additional makeup artist


• Billie Rüse known as additional makeup artist


• Bobo Sobotka known as additional makeup artist


• Ivo Strangmüller known as key makeup artist

Art Department:

• Anders Huulgaard known as storyboard artist


• Jiri Macke known as property master


• Veronika Skorepova known as art department coordinator

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Production Companies:

• Zentropa Entertainments


• DR TV


• Trollhättan Film AB


• Film i Väst (in co-production with)


• Sveriges Television (SVT)


• Sirena Film

Other Companies:

• Agentur Filmgesichter  extras casting: Dresden


• Det Danske Filminstitut  funding


• Eurimages  funding


• European Film Bonds,  completion bond company


• Film Music Services  composer's agency


• Film Security  location security


• Filmdienstleistungen  transportation coordination


• Kameraudlejningen  camera equipment provided by


• Mecon Media Concept  extras payroll


• Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)  funding


• MovieScore Media  soundtrack


• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond  funding


• The Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography  funding

Distributors:

• Aerofilms (2012) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)


• Aerofilms (2012) (Slovakia) (theatrical)


• Best Film (2012) (Poland) (theatrical)


• Distribution Company (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)


• Elite-Film (2012) (Switzerland) (theatrical)


• Estinfilm (2012) (Estonia) (theatrical)


• Filmladen (2012) (Austria) (theatrical)


• Golem Distribución (2012) (Spain) (theatrical)


• Independent Film '97 (2012) (Romania) (theatrical)


• MFA Filmdistribution (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)


• Mares Filmes (2012) (Brazil) (theatrical)


• Nordisk Film Distribution (2010) (Denmark) (theatrical)


• Vertigo Média Kft. (2012) (Hungary) (theatrical)


• Wild Bunch Benelux (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)


• Wild Bunch Benelux (2012) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)


• Wild Bunch Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)


• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2012) (Switzerland) (all media)


• Calinos Entertainment (2012) (Turkey) (all media)


• Cinemania Group (2012) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (all media)


• Cinemania Group (2012) (Croatia) (all media)


• Cinemania Group (2012) (Montenegro) (all media)


• Cinemania Group (2012) (Serbia) (all media)


• Cinemania Group (2012) (Slovenia) (all media)


• Cineplex Development (2012) (Taiwan) (all media)


• Lens Media (2012) (China) (all media)


• Madman Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (all media)


• Madman Entertainment (2012) (New Zealand) (all media)


• Magnolia Pictures (2012) (USA) (all media)


• Metrodome Distribution (2012) (Ireland) (all media)


• Metrodome Distribution (2012) (UK) (all media)


• New Select (2012) (Japan) (all media)


• Scanorama (2012) (Lithuania) (all media)


• Volga Film (2012) (Russia) (all media)

..{tab=Other Stuff}Visual Effects by:

• Jeppe N. Christensen known as visual effects supervisor


• Tinko Dimov known as visual effects artist


• Alexander Eriksson known as digital compositor: Ghost VFX


• Jonny Gu known as digital compositor


• Martin Holm-Grevy known as digital artist


• Ivan Kondrup Jensen known as visual effects artist


• Rikke Hovgaard Jørgensen known as visual effects producer


• Claus Nicholas Nielsen known as matte painter


• Thijs Noij known as digital compositor


• Esben Syberg known as visual effects supervisor


• Jonas Ussing known as digital compositor


• Mikael Widegren known as lead matte painter


• Oliver Wolff known as digital compositor


• Claus Toksvig Kjaer known as visual effects coordinator (uncredited)

Release Date:

• Germany 16 February 2012 (Berlin International Film Festival) (premiere)


• Denmark 29 March 2012


• Estonia 30 March 2012


• Sweden 13 April 2012


• Germany 19 April 2012


• France 15 June 2012 (Cabourg Film Festival)


• Ireland 15 June 2012


• UK 15 June 2012


• Australia 21 June 2012


• New Zealand 28 June 2012


• Turkey 20 July 2012


• Poland 4 August 2012 (Film and Art Festival Two Riversides)


• France 15 August 2012 (limited)


• Netherlands 23 August 2012


• Iceland 31 August 2012


• USA 31 August 2012 (Telluride Film Festival)


• Canada 12 September 2012 (Toronto International Film Festival)


• Israel 13 September 2012


• Norway 14 September 2012


• Belgium 19 September 2012


• Poland 21 September 2012


• Taiwan 12 October 2012


• Brazil 23 October 2012 (São Paulo International Film Festival)


• Spain 9 November 2012


• USA 9 November 2012 (limited)


• France 21 November 2012


• Hungary 22 November 2012


• Slovenia 10 December 2012


• Argentina 21 February 2013

MPAA: Rated R for sexual content and some violent images

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A Royal Affair (2012)