The Duchess DVD 2008 A Hercegnő / Directed by Saul Dibb / Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper

UPC 5999544256958

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Hungarian 5.1, English 5.1

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 106 minutes

English Summary:

The Duchess is a 2008 British drama film directed by Saul Dibb. It is based on Amanda Foreman's biography of the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. It was released in September 2008 in the United Kingdom. The film received the Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 81st ceremony in 2009. The film costumer was Michael O'Connor.

The young Georgiana is contracted in marriage to William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, with the expectation that she produce his male heir. Georgiana is quickly disillusioned by her husband, especially when Charlotte, a motherless child, comes to live with them while Georgiana is pregnant. William expects Georgiana to tolerate the presence of the child who turns out to be his own illegitimate offspring. He also suggests that she "practice mothering" on the young girl. When Georgiana gives birth to a girl, William is displeased. In his mind he has fulfilled his obligations to her as her husband but, by failing to provide him with a legitimate male heir, she has failed in her obligations as his wife.

Hungarian Summary:

Devonshire hercegnője, Georgiana extravagáns életstílusával, promiszkuitásával, szerencsejátékkal felhalmozott hatalmas adósságaival, valamint politikai és magánéleti bonyodalmak sokaságával vívta ki sokak utálatát és egyesek imádatát. Georgianát "korának Diana hercegnője"-ként szokták emlegetni. A film az ő története.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
• Ralph Fiennes as William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
• Hayley Atwell as Lady Elizabeth 'Bess' Foster
• Charlotte Rampling as Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer, Georgiana's mother
• Dominic Cooper as Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
• Aidan McArdle as The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• Simon McBurney as The Right Honourable Charles James Fox
• Sebastian Applewhite as Sir Augustus Clifford, 1st Baronet
• Calvin Dean as Devonshire House Servant
• Emily Jewell as Nanny
• Richard McCabe as Sir James Hare
• Bruce Mackinnon as actor playing Sir Peter Teazle in The School for Scandal
• Alistair Petrie as Heaton
• Georgia King as actress playing Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal
• Camilla Arfwedson as Lady Charlotte