The Abdication (1974)
- Starring:
- Liv Ullmann, Peter Finch, (more)
- Director(s):
- Anthony Harvey
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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In this historical drama based on actual events, Sweden's Queen Christina (Liv Ullmann) decides in 1654 to give up her throne in order to embrace Catholicism. However, as she studies the faith, she falls in love with Cardinal Azzolino (Peter Finch), a cleric being considered for the papacy. Greta Garbo previously played the same abdicating monarch in the film Queen Christina. Michael Dunn, who plays the dwarf in The Abdication, died during production, and several of his scenes had to be shot with another actor doubling for him. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Liv Ullmann - Queen Christina
- Cyril Cusack - Oxenstierna
- Paul Rogers - Altieri
- Tony Steedman - Carranza
- Daragh O'Malley - Sgt. Patrick Harper
- Lewis Fiander - Father Dominic
- Edward Underdown - Christina's Father
- Kathleen Byron - Queen Mother
- James Faulkner - Magnus
- Peter Finch - Cardinal Azzolino
- Graham Crowden - Cardinal Barberini
- Franz Drago - Birgito
- Ania Marson - Ebba Sparre
- Noel Travarthen - Ginetti
- Richard Cornish - Charles
- Suzanne Huddart - Young Christina
- Michael Dunn - The Dwarf
- Harold Goldblatt - Pinamonti
- Director(s):
- Anthony Harvey
- Writer(s):
- Ruth Solff, Ruth Wolff
- Producer(s):
- James Cresson, Robert Fryer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Not For Children)
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