The Abdication

"A woman with a profane love... for a man of God."

5.5(10 votes)

1974

1h 43m

DramaHistory

Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.

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Production

Companies:

Warner Bros. Pictures

A Robert Fryer-James Cresson Production

Languages

Original:en

Spoken:

English

Cast

Peter Finch

Azzolino

Liv Ullmann

Queen Kristina

Cyril Cusack

Oxenstierna

Paul Rogers

Altieri

Graham Crowden

Barberini

Michael Dunn

The Dwarf

Kathleen Byron

Queen Mother

Lewis Fiander

Dominic

Harold Goldblatt

Pinamonti

Tony Steedman

Carranza

Noel Trevarthen

Ginetti

Richard Cornish

Charles

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