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The Girl King

Deutschland Finnland Kanada Schweden 2014/2015 Spielfilm

Sweden, 1632: In the middle of the Thirty Years' War and after the death of her father Gustav Adolf the heiress Kristina Wasa is crowned queen - she is just six years old. While the girl is brought up like a boy guaranteeing her a higher level of education, chancellor Axel Oxenstierna is leading the government affairs. On her 18th birthday Kristina comes into power. The young queen proves to be peace-loving and a free spirit. She ends the decades-long war, but because of her unorthodox governance she also makes many foes. In the sensitive Countess Ebba Sparre she finds a confidante. Sparre becomes Kristina's maid and soon also her lover. But the love of the two women doesn't stay secret. Since Oxenstierna wants to wed the queen to his son Johan, he sees their relationship as a serious threat to his plan.

 

Credits

Director

  • Mika Kaurismäki

Screenplay

  • Michel Marc Bouchard

Director of photography

  • Guy Dufaux

Editing

  • Hans Funck

Music

  • Anssi Tikanmäki

Cast

  • Malin Buska
    Königin Kristina Wasa
  • Sarah Gadon
    Komtess Ebba Sparre
  • Michael Nyqvist
    Kanzler Axel von Oxenstierna
  • Lucas Bryant
    Graf Johan von Oxenstierna
  • Laura Birn
    Komtess Erika Erksein
  • Hippolyte Girardot
    Botschafter Pierre Hector Chanut
  • Peter Lohmeyer
    Bischof von Stockholm
  • Françoise Arnaud
    Karl Gustav Kasimir
  • Patrick Bauchau
    René Descartes
  • Jannis Niewöhner
    Graf Jakob De la Gardie

Production company

  • Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH (München)
  • Marianna Films Oy (Helsinki)
  • Galafilm Productions (Montreal)
  • Anagram Film & TV (Lund/Stockholm)
  • Triptych Media (CA)

Producer

  • Mika Kaurismäki
  • Dr. Rainer Kölmel
  • Wasiliki Bleser
  • Anna Stratton
  • Arnie Gelbart
  • Martin Persson

Alle Credits

Director

  • Mika Kaurismäki

Screenplay

  • Michel Marc Bouchard

Director of photography

  • Guy Dufaux

Production design

  • Petri Neuvonen
  • Markku Pätilä

Make-up artist

  • Marjut Samulin

Costume design

  • Marjatta Nissinen

Editing

  • Hans Funck

Sound

  • Michel B. Bordeleau
  • Joonas Jyrälä

Music

  • Anssi Tikanmäki

Cast

  • Malin Buska
    Königin Kristina Wasa
  • Sarah Gadon
    Komtess Ebba Sparre
  • Michael Nyqvist
    Kanzler Axel von Oxenstierna
  • Lucas Bryant
    Graf Johan von Oxenstierna
  • Laura Birn
    Komtess Erika Erksein
  • Hippolyte Girardot
    Botschafter Pierre Hector Chanut
  • Peter Lohmeyer
    Bischof von Stockholm
  • Françoise Arnaud
    Karl Gustav Kasimir
  • Patrick Bauchau
    René Descartes
  • Jannis Niewöhner
    Graf Jakob De la Gardie
  • Martina Gedeck
    Maria Eleonora von Brandenburg

Production company

  • Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH (München)
  • Marianna Films Oy (Helsinki)
  • Galafilm Productions (Montreal)
  • Anagram Film & TV (Lund/Stockholm)
  • Triptych Media (CA)

in co-production with

  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)/Arte (München)

Producer

  • Mika Kaurismäki
  • Dr. Rainer Kölmel
  • Wasiliki Bleser
  • Anna Stratton
  • Arnie Gelbart
  • Martin Persson

Original distributor

  • NFP Marketing & Distribution (Berlin)

Funding

  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Eurimages (Straßburg)

Shoot

    • 11.02.2014 - 04.04.2014: Finnland, Schweden, Deutschland
Duration:
106 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,40
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.04.2015, 51385, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CA): 04.09.2015, Montreal, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 21.07.2016

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE FI CA SE) The Girl King
  • Arbeitstitel Queen Kristina
  • Weiterer Titel (FI) Tyttökuningas

Versions

Original

Duration:
106 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,40
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.04.2015, 51385, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CA): 04.09.2015, Montreal, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 21.07.2016

Awards

Montréal World Film Festival 2015
  • Beste Darstellerin
  • Publikumspreis, Bester Film
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/the-girl-king_