Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden
The story
A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
- marriage proposal
- strong woman
- queen
- sweden
- political negotiations
- forbidden love
- duty
- heir to the throne
- sexism
- based on true story
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Malin Buska
Kristina
Sarah Gadon
Countess Ebba Sparre
Michael Nyqvist
Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna
Lucas Bryant
Count Johan Oxenstierna
- Laura Birn — Countess Erika Erksein
- Hippolyte Girardot — Ambassador Pierre Hector Chanut
- Peter Lohmeyer — Bishop of Stockholm
- François Arnaud — Karl Gustav Kasimir
- Patrick Bauchau — René Descartes
- Martina Gedeck — Maria Eleonora
- Timo Torikka — Père Viogué
- Jarmo Mäkinen — The General
- Petri Aulin — Guard
- Janina Berman — Abortion Nurse
- Samuli Edelmann — King Gustav II Adolf
- Directed
- Mika Kaurismäki
- Written
- Michel Marc Bouchard
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 184 ratings
- Studio
- Anagram Film, Starhaus Filmproduktion, Triptych Media, Marianna Films, Galafilm
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