The duchess

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Label

The duchess

Statement of responsibility

Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films present ; in association with Pathé Renn Production and BIM Distribuzione ; a Qwerty Films/Magnolia Mae Films production ; directed by Saul Dibb ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; produced by Gabrielle Tana, Michael Kuhn

Contributor

• Foreman, Amanda, 1968-
• Hatcher, Jeffrey, 1957-
• Jensen, Anders Thomas, 1972-
• Knightley, Keira, 1985-
• Tana, Gabrielle
• Kuhn, Michael, 1949-
• McArdle, Aidan
• McBurney, Simon
• Rampling, Charlotte, 1946-
• BBC Films
• BIM Distribuzione
• Magnolia Mae Films (Firm)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Pathé Distribution Limited
• Paramount Vantage
• Pathé Renn Production
• Qwerty Films (Firm)
• Atwell, Hayley, 1982-
• Cooper, Dominic, 1978-
• Shrapnel, John
• Dibb, Saul
• Fiennes, Ralph

Actor

• McBurney, Simon
• Atwell, Hayley, 1982-
• Cooper, Dominic, 1978-
• Fiennes, Ralph
• Knightley, Keira, 1985-
• Rampling, Charlotte, 1946-

Screenwriter

• Jensen, Anders Thomas, 1972-
• Hatcher, Jeffrey, 1957-
• Dibb, Saul

Director

• Dibb, Saul

Producer

• Kuhn, Michael, 1949-
• Tana, Gabrielle

Subject

• Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 -- Drama
• Dramatic films
• Feature films
• Foreman, Amanda, 1968- -- Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama
• Married women -- England -- 18th century -- Drama
• Mujeres casadas -- Inglaterra -- Teatro
• Scandals -- England -- 18th century -- Drama
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- England -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Adulterio -- Inglaterra -- Teatro
• Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Drama
• Adultery -- England -- Drama
• Biographical films

Genre

• Dramatic films
• Drama
• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Biographical films
• Feature films
• Historical films
• Teatro

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Based on a true story it is, in its way, a horror story, this portrait of a dazzling young woman at the mercy of the misfortunes of love and the inequalities of the age in which she lived. Married off as an innocent 17-year-old to a much older man, his only interest in the match is her ability to produce a male heir. Installed within the gilded cage of marriage, she discovers he expresses more affection for his dogs than for her. When the first child is female, he takes a mistress and ignores her, until she finds true love--insisting on his lordly right to thwart her. Although she fights hard for her own piece of happiness, eventually, she has to make a choice many, many women will recognize

Member of

• qDVD

Awards note

Winner, 2008 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design-Michael O'Connor.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Gyula Pados ; editor, Masahiro Hirakubo ; music by Rachel Portman ; production designer, Michael Carlin ; costume designer, Michael O'Connor; makeup designer, Daniel Phillips; hair designer, Jan Archibald

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Rated PG-13, for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material

Language note

In English, dubbed French or Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.D83 2008

PerformerNote

Keira Knightley (Georgiana), Ralph Fiennes (The Duke), Charlotte Rampling (Lady Spencer), Dominic Cooper (Charles Grey), Hayley Atwell (Bess Foster), Simon McBurney (Charles Fox), Aidan McArdle (Richard Sheridan), John Shrapnel (General Grey)

Runtime

109

Technique

live action