Keira Knightley
Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire
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The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
- $43.3 million
- Rachel Portman
- £13.5 million
- Gabrielle Tana, Michael Kuhn
Oct 10, 2008 · The Duchess: Directed by Saul Dibb. With Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper. A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was revered for her extravagant political and personal life.
- (86K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Saul Dibb
- 2008-10-10
Summaries. A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was revered for her extravagant political and personal life. Georgiana Spencer became Duchess of Devonshire on her marriage to the Duke in 1774, at the height of the Georgian period, a period of fashion, decadence, and political change.
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Sep 25, 2008 · "The Duchess" is a handsome historical film, impeccably mounted, gowned, wigged and feathered, where a husband and wife spend hours being dressed in order to appear at dinner to argue about whether the mutton is off. With Keira Knightley playing the duchess and Ralph Fiennes playing her husband, such a conversation is a minefield. The man has ...
Sep 19, 2008 · While The Duchess treads the now-familiar terrain of the corset-ripper, the costumes look great and Keira Knightley's performance is stellar in this subtly feminist, period drama. Read Critics ...
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- Saul Dibb
- PG-13
- Keira Knightley
Will Smith, Henry Brogan. The Duchess. About. A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. LEARN MORE.
Sep 4, 2008 · ‘The Duchess’ Film: Lady Georgiana Spencer’s Life Parallels Diana’s - The New York Times. Once Upon a Time, a Spencer Married Well, Not Wisely. By Barbara Kantrowitz. Sept. 4, 2008. BORN to...
