MOVIE · 2012

A Royal Affair

DramaFamilyRomance137 min

An English princess arrives at the Danish court expecting duty and rank, only to find her marriage to the unstable King Christian VII shadowed by isolation and court politics. Alicia Vikander is Caroline Mathilde, the young queen whose bond with the king’s physician, Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen), grows into a dangerous affair. In mid-18th-century Denmark, their private relationship collides with Enlightenment reform and a bitter struggle over who will influence the crown.