The Duchess
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Saul Dibb
Simon Mcburney
Angus Mcewan
Emily Cohen
Eva Hrela
Georgia King
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Long before the concept existed, the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer, was the original "It Girl." Like her direct descendent Princess Diana, she was ravishing, glamorous and adored by an entire country. Determined to be a player in the wider affairs of the world, she proved that she could out-gamble, out-drink and outwit most of the aristocratic men who surrounded her. She helped usher in sweeping changes to England as a leader of the forward-thinking Whig Party. But even as her power and popularity grew, she was haunted by the fact that the only man in England she seemingly could not seduce was her very own husband, the Duke. And when she tried to find her own way to be true to her heart and loyal to her duty, the resulting controversies and convoluted liaisons would leave all of London talking.
Director
Saul Dibb
Cast
Simon Mcburney
Angus Mcewan
Emily Cohen
Eva Hrela
Georgia King
Charlotte Rampling
Katerina Tana
Gilbert Wynne
Hayley Atwell
Justin Edwards
Calvin Dean
Hannah Stokely
Max Bennett
Emily Jewell
Bruce Mackinnon
Richard Mccabe
Ralph Fiennes
Keira Knightley
Sarah Wyatt
John Shrapnel
Fiona Sheehan
Luke Norris
Laura Stevely
Alistair Petrie
Sebastian Applewhite
Sophia Johnston
Aidan Mcardle
Michael Medwin
Kate Burdette
Camilla Arfwedson
Poppy Wigglesworth
Ben Garlick
Thomas Arnold
Richard Curzon
Dominic Cooper
Andrew Armour
Mercy Fiennes Tiffin
Patrick Godfrey
Crew
Jo Adams
Zishaan Ajmal
Marcus Alexander
Jonathan Allen
Rebecca Alleway
Jan Archibald
Alexandra Arlango
Jeff Atmajian
Pip Ayers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Philip Ball
Viv Ball
Abigail Barbier
Simon Barker
Bruce Barnes
Bradley Bayliss
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Pavel Belousek
Lucy Bevan
Kathryn Blight
Andy Blore
Janice Body
Jane Bogunovic
Corinne Bossu
Alex Boswell
Paul Botham
Linda Bowen
Roy Branch
Tom Brewster
Grant Bridgeman
Matthew Broderick
Anthony Brookman
Dan Brown
Danny Brown
Tim Browning
Sophie Bugeaud
Gill Bunker
Oliver Bunker
Anita Burger
Simon Burgess
Dan Byrne
Gillian Campbell
Michael Carlin
Tommy Carlin
Ann Cartwright
Marc Cass
Paul Cathie
Christina Chandler
James Clarke
John Clarke
Stuart Clarke
Nick Clayton
Andy Cole
Jessica Cole
John Colley
James Collins
Anne Collis
David Cooper
Jayne Copperwaite
Rosy Coppola
Chris Cozens
Dan Crandon
Edward Cross
Saffron Cullane
Andrew Dalmahoy
James Davis
Rebecca Davis
Sally Davis
Andie Derrick
Saul Dibb
Chris Dibble
Jonathan Dixon
Sam Donovan
Lucy Donowho
Paul Doogan
Miles Drake
Andrew Dudman
Simon Duke
Elliot Dupuy
Jim Dyson
Nicky Earnshaw
Andy Edridge
Alex Ellerington
Louis Elman
Lucy Eyre
James Fitzpatrick
Amanda Foreman
Amanda Foreman
Ian Foweraker
Colin Fox
Simon Fraser
Adam Gascoyne
Lee George
Fiona Gilbert
Michael Gilbert
Clarice Gill
Ben Gladstone
Hugh Goodbody
Tania Gordon
Muffin Green
Mary Greenwell
Dr. Hannah Greig
John David Gunkle
Rodrigo Gutierrez
Howard Halsall
Paul Hamblin
Adam Hammond
George Frederick Handel
Peter Hanson
Gordon Harmer
Hattie Harper
Tarn Harper
Jeffrey Hatcher
Dean Hawley
Joseph Haydn
Rawdon Hayne
Oliver Hazell
Kathy Heaser
Lisa Heathcote
Lewis Heaver
Maureen Hetherington
Dermot Hickey
Alan Higman
Masahiro Hirakubo
Catherine Hodgson
Carin Hoff
Mark Holt
Jan Holzner
Lee Hosken
Toby Hosking
Stephanie Hovette
Vandra Howard
Jason Htay
Wyn Humphreys
Sarah Hunt
John Hurley
Mick Hurrell
Elodie Ichter
Susan Ignatius
Adam Inglis
Amy Irvine
Ben Irving
Marco Itta
Francois Ivernel
Franca Jade
Tidd James
Kristine-joeann Jasper
Francesca Jaynes
Anders Thomas Jensen
Andrew Joslin
Nick Kenealy
Ben Kerr
Ruth Key
Andrea King
Jenny King
Poss Kondeatis
Jo Korer
Anna Kot
Michael Kuhn
Barbara Kuznar
Christine Langan
Nick Laws
Jamie Lengyel
Andy Levitt
Steve Lewis
Carly Lewisohn
Kim Li
Andrew Lim
Andy Lindley
Abbie Lister
Pietro Locatelli
Sandrine Loisy
Steve Lynn
Alex Macdonald
Iain B. Macdonald
James Macfarlane
Adrian Mackay
Iain Mackay
Charlotte Macpherson
Athene Macrae
Vince Madden
Ashwin Makan
Carolyn Marks Blackwood
Ann Maskrey
Petr Matejak
Rob May
Chris Mcaleese
Mark Mccabe
Fay Mcconkey
Cameron Mccracken
Adam Mccreight
Jill Mccullough
Yann Mccullough
Dermot Mcdermott
Mark Michaels
Tracey Millar
Ciaran Moran
Jo Morris
Peter Mountain
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Costume Design
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2008 award for Excellence in Period Film by the Costume Designers Guild (CDG).
Winner of the 2008 Orange Award for Best Costume Design by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Winner of the 2008 Satellite Award for Best Costume Design by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Limited Release in United States September 19, 2008
Released in United States Fall September 19, 2008
Released in United States October 2008
Released in United States on Video December 28, 2008
Shown at Rome Film Festival October 22-31, 2008.
Amanda Foreman reportedly received mid six figures for the rights to her book.
Based on the book "Georgiana: Dutchess of Devonshire" written by Amanda Foreman and published by Modern Library January 16, 2001.
Susanne Bier previously attached to direct.
Project was included on the 2007 Black List.
Paramount Vantage acquired North American, Latin American and Australian distribution rights for a reported sum of $7 million.
Limited Release in United States September 19, 2008
Released in United States Fall September 19, 2008
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Rome Film Festival October 22-31, 2008.)
Released in United States on Video December 28, 2008
