Directed by:
Saul DibbCinematography:
Gyula PadosComposer:
Rachel PortmanCast:
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper, John Shrapnel, Aidan McArdle, Alistair Petrie, Georgia King (more)VOD (1)
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Set at the end of the eighteenth century, The Duchess is the story of the beautiful and, glamorous Georgiana Spencer, the most fascinating woman of the age. While her beauty and charisma made her name, her extravagant tastes and appetite for gambling and love made her infamous. Married young to the older, distant Duke of Devonshire, intimate of ministers and princes, Georgiana became a fashion icon, a doting mother, a shrewd political operator and darling of the common people. But at the core of her story is a desperate search for love. From Georgiana’s passionate and doomed affair with Earl Grey to the complex ménage à trois with her husband and her best friend, Lady Bess Foster, The Duchess is a very contemporary tale of fame, notoriety and the search for love. (Pathé Distribution UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2009 - Michael O'Connor (Best Achievement in Costume Design)
- 2009 - Michael Carlin (Best Achievement in Production Design)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2009 - Best Costume Design
- 2009 - Best Make Up/Hair
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2008 - Keira Knightley (Best Actress)
- 2008 - Ralph Fiennes (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2008 - Hayley Atwell (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2008 - Technical Achievement
European Film Awards
- 2009 - Saul Dibb (Audience Award for Best Film)
Golden Globes
- 2009 - Ralph Fiennes (Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture)