The Girl King

The Girl King

2015•1h 46m•6.2/10

DramaHistoryRomance

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🎬TMDb

6.2/10(178)

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.

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Production

Anagram Film, Starhaus Filmproduktion, Triptych Media, Marianna Films, Galafilm

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Malin Buska

Malin Buska

Kristina

Sarah Gadon

Sarah Gadon

Countess Ebba Sparre

Michael Nyqvist

Michael Nyqvist

Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna

Lucas Bryant

Lucas Bryant

Count Johan Oxenstierna

Laura Birn

Laura Birn

Countess Erika Erksein

Hippolyte Girardot

Hippolyte Girardot

Ambassador Pierre Hector Chanut

Peter Lohmeyer

Peter Lohmeyer

Bishop of Stockholm

François Arnaud

François Arnaud

Karl Gustav Kasimir

Patrick Bauchau

Patrick Bauchau

René Descartes

Martina Gedeck

Martina Gedeck

Maria Eleonora

Timo Torikka

Timo Torikka

Père Viogué

Jarmo Mäkinen

Jarmo Mäkinen

The General

Petri Aulin

Guard

Janina Berman

Janina Berman

Abortion Nurse

Samuli Edelmann

Samuli Edelmann

King Gustav II Adolf

Gabriele Goria

Second Italian Jesuit

Mikko Kouki

Mikko Kouki

Aide de Camp

Mikko Leppilampi

Mikko Leppilampi

Count Magnus de la Gardie

Ville Virtanen

Ville Virtanen

Doctor Van Wullen

Lotus Tinat

Young Queen Kristina

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