En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)
2012
****
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm, Cyron Melville, David Dencik, Søren Malling
In 1766, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain marries the half-witted King Christian VII of Denmark. German doctor and freethinker Johann Friedrich Struensee becomes the King's personal physician and uses his position to introduce radical social reforms but he undermines his own work by falling in love with the unhappy Queen. This stylish Danish costume piece tells a captivating fact-based story whose socialist/atheist protagonist feels almost contemporary. The film has a great cast and it offers an entertaining mix of political and personal drama.
