A Royal Affair is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between the ever more insane Danish King Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard), the royal physician who is a man of enlightenment and idealism Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen) and the young but strong Queen Caroline Mathilda (Alicia Vikander), A Royal Affair is the gripping tale of brave idealists who risk everything in their pursuit of freedom for their people… Above all it is the story of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.
- Director: Nikolaj Arcel
- Country: Denmark | Sweden | Czech Republic
- Genre: Drama | History | Romance
- Year: 2012
- Run Time: 02:17:46
- imdb Score: 7.5/10 (7,814 votes)
- Language: Danish | English | German | French
- Rating: R
- Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Alicia Vikander
Joe Morgenstern - WALL STREET JOURNAL
"Historical drama of the highest order - teeming with big ideas, and anchored by the nicely nuanced performances of Vikander and Mikkelsen."
Steven Rea - PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"While it's lavish and lush in all the expected costume-drama ways, A Royal Affair never bogs down in period detail. What drives the film, along with great acting, is the appetite of director Nikolaj Arcel and his boisterous co-writer Rasmus Heisterberg ("I want a fun queen!" wails Christian) for the queasy workings of political gamesmanship both above and below board."
Ella Taylor - NPR
Berlin Int'l Film Festival 2012
Best Actor and Best Screenplay
Philadelphia Film Festival 2012
Audience Award - Honorable Mention
Academy Awards, USA 2013
Best Foreign Language Film - Nomination
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Ass. Awards 2012
Best Foreign Language Film - 2nd place
Satellite Awards 2012
Best Costume Design
Toronto Int'l Film Festival 2012
Telluride Film Festival 2012
Film and Art Festival Two Riversides 2012
Cabourg Film Festival 2012
Sao Paulo Int'l Film Festival 2012
Sarlat Film Festival 2012