En kongelig affære (2012)

Director:

Nikolaj Arcel

Writers:

Bodil Steensen-Leth (novel)
Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

29 March 2012 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance

Tagline:

They changed a nation forever

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. |

Plot Keywords:

King | Queen | Rebellion | Free Thinker | Enlightenment

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen	...	Johann Friedrich Struensee
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard	...	Christian VII (as Mikkel Følsgaard)
Alicia Vikander	...	Caroline Mathilde
David Dencik	...	Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Trine Dyrholm	...	Juliane Marie
Thomas W. Gabrielsson	...	Schack Carl Rantzau
William Jøhnk Nielsen	...	Frederik VI
Cyron Bjørn Melville	...	Enevold Brandt
Laura Bro	...	Louise von Plessen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenneth M. Christensen	...	(voice)
Erika Guntherová	...	Hofdame
Søren Malling
John Martinus
Bent Mejding	...	J.H.E. Bernstoff
Rosalinde Mynster
Karin Rørbeck	...	Lady in Waiting
Klaus Tange	...	Minister

Directed by
Nikolaj Arcel

Writing credits
Bodil Steensen-Leth		(novel "Prinsesse af blodet")
Rasmus Heisterberg		(screenplay) and
Nikolaj Arcel		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jessica Ask	....	co-producer
Karen Bentzon	....	line producer
Gillian Berrie	....	co-producer
Anna Duffield	....	co-producer
Madeleine Ekman	....	co-producer
Meta Louise Foldager	....	producer
Peter Garde	....	executive producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	....	executive producer
Sisse Graum Jørgensen	....	producer
Kristina Kornum	....	line producer
Maria Köpf	....	co-producer
Elin Lennartsson	....	line producer: Sweden
Pavel Muller	....	co-producer
Pavel Muller	....	line producer
René Nielsen	....	assistant producer
Charlotte Pedersen	....	associate producer
Martin Persson	....	co-producer
Louise Vesth	....	producer
Lars von Trier	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Cyrille Aufort
Gabriel Yared

Cinematography by
Rasmus Videbæk

Film Editing by
Kasper Leick
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

Casting by
Leo Davis

Production Design by
Niels Sejer

Costume Design by
Manon Rasmussen

Makeup Department
Linda Eisenhamerova	....	makeup artist (hair stylist) (as Linda Dvorakova)
Judith Kröher	....	additional makeup artist
Billie Rüse	....	additional makeup artist
Bobo Sobotka	....	additional makeup artist
Ivo Strangmüller	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Dorissa Berninger	....	production manager
Søren Frimodt-Møller	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kathleen Hänisch	....	additional second assistant director
Matej Les	....	third assistant director
Martin Pavlacky	....	second assistant director
Tomas Pavlacky	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Anders Huulgaard	....	storyboard artist
Jiri Macke	....	property master
Veronika Skorepova	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Hans Christian Arnt Torp	....	post-production sound recordist
Petr Cechák	....	production sound mixer
Hans Christian Kock	....	sound designer and re-recording mixer
Claus Lynge	....	sound designer and re-recording mixer
Roman Rigo	....	boom operator
James Shannon	....	dolby sound consultant

Visual Effects by
Jeppe N. Christensen	....	visual effects supervisor
Alexander Eriksson	....	digital compositor: Ghost VFX
Jonny Gu	....	digital compositor
Martin Holm-Grevy	....	digital artist
Rikke Hovgaard Jørgensen	....	visual effects producer
Claus Nicholas Nielsen	....	matte painter
Thijs Noij	....	digital compositor
Esben Syberg	....	visual effects supervisor
Jonas Ussing	....	digital compositor
Mikael Widegren	....	lead matte painter
Claus Toksvig Kjaer	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Roman Spacil	....	swordmaster

Camera and Electrical Department
Václav Cermak	....	gaffer
Ingo Gardner	....	balloon light technician
Michal Krbecek	....	second assistant camera
Frantisek Novák	....	first assistant camera
Alexander Surkala	....	director of photography: second unit

Casting Department
Tanja Grunwald	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Monika Jordan	....	wardrobe
Maika Schörbel	....	additional wardrobe
Lena Tajerova	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Sune F. Andersen	....	additional editing
Morten Sylvest Arnoldus	....	post-production coordinator
Jesper Bækdal	....	assistant editor
Lárus Ren Gudbjörnsson	....	first assistant editor
Sascha Alexander Haber	....	visual effects technical colorist
Anders Albjerg Kristiansen	....	associate editor
Mikael Reidar	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Jean-Pierre Arquie	....	score coordinator
Jean-Pierre Arquie	....	supervision of the recording sessions
Nicolas Koch	....	music supervisor
Peter Juul Kristensen	....	score mixer
Peter Juul Kristensen	....	score recordist
Mikkel Maltha	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Tom Strelow	....	production driver
Pavel Voracek	....	transport co-ordinator

Other crew
Gero Brugmann	....	legal counsel: completion guarantor
Ronny Engel	....	production coordinator
Roberto Geroldi	....	production secretary
Burkart Hofmann	....	traffic blocker
Hans Lönnerheden	....	completition bond
Radim Macha	....	horse master
Dusan Matic	....	extras coordinator
Anders Wøldike Schmith	....	p.a. to producer
Sören von der Heyde	....	location manager
Lars von Trier	....	script supervisor
Enrico Wolf	....	script editor

Production Companies

• Zentropa Entertainments
• DR TV
• Trollhättan Film AB
• Film i Väst (in co-production with)
• Sveriges Television (SVT)
• Sirena Film

Distributors

• Aerofilms (2012) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Aerofilms (2012) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Best Film (2012) (Poland) (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)
• Nordisk Film Distribution (2010) (Denmark) (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)

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
• 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

Also Known As:

"A Royal Affair" - International (English title), Sweden (imdb display title), UK
"Die Königin und der Leibarzt" - Germany (imdb display title)

Runtime:

137 min

Country:

Denmark | Sweden | Czech Republic | Germany

Language:

Danish | English | German | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:11 | Ireland:15A

Filming Locations:

Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Company:

Zentropa Entertainments

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Live fra Bremen: Episode #6.9" (2012)

Best supporting Actor 2012 - by a landslide.

I had the great fortune to be invited to attend the World Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this evening of this wonderful film -and opportunities like that don't come often.

A Royal Affair is Oscar level material in many respects. The screenplay, directing and photography are all superb but the performance of Mikkel Følsgaard as Christian VII of Denmark was perfection. It is so difficult to act a madman acting as if he were sane and I cannot believe any actor taking an Oscar this year could have put up a better performance. Mikkel got the loudest cheer from the audience and he thoroughly deserved it.

The plot revolves around the machinations of power behind the throne of a simpleton monarch. Christian may be King but he simply wants to play like a child. He is married and fathers a son quite brutally but he loves his dog more than his family. And so a German Doctor is called to treat him. Christian befriends his physician and leaves more and more power in the hands of this foreign commoner. And then the Doctor falls in love with the Queen....

It's all true and I won't tell more than that. Just go and see it as soon as you can. It puts Hollywood and Bollywood both straight into the dust bin. Classic drama, brilliant script and a piece of thespian-ism that puts Olivier to task. Just brilliant.