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1974 British film by Anthony Harvey

The Abdication
Directed byAnthony Harvey
Screenplay byRuth Wolff
Based onRuth Wolff
(based on her play)
Produced byJames Cresson
Robert Fryer
StarringPeter Finch
Liv Ullmann
CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth
Edited byJohn Bloom
Music byNino Rota
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company		A Robert Fryer-James Cresson Production
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • 5 December 1974 (1974-12-05) (UK)
  • October 3, 1974 (1974-10-03) (USA)
Running time103 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Abdication is a 1974 British historical drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Peter Finch and Liv Ullmann. The film's score was composed by Nino Rota. It tells a fictionalized version of the rumored love affair between Christina, Queen of Sweden and Cardinal Decio Azzolino during the former's stay in Rome after abdicating her throne.

Plot

After abdicating her throne and converting to Catholicism, Queen Christina arrives in Rome, where Cardinal Azzolino is appointed to evaluate her and to help her to adapt to life in Rome. They fall in love, but after the Pope's death, Azzolino rejects her to re-embrace his position in the church.

Cast

See also

References

  1. "The Abdication". www.tcm.com. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. "The Abdication (1974)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

External links

Films directed by Anthony Harvey


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