Top billed cast

1. 

   Judi Dench

   Queen Victoria

2. 

   Billy Connolly

   John Brown

3. 

   Geoffrey Palmer

   Henry Ponsonby

4. 

   Antony Sher

   Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

5. 

   Gerard Butler

   Archie Brown

6. 

   Richard Pasco

   Doctor Jenner

7. 

   David Westhead

   Prince of Wales (Bertie)

8. 

   Georgie Glen

   Lady Churchill

9. 

   Sara Stewart

   Princess Alexandra

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-27

There have been goodness knows how many theories about the relationship between Queen Victoria and her highland ghillie John Brown, brought from Her Majesty's estate at Balmoral to try to prize her from her routine of melancholy following the death of Prince Albert. In this version, John Madden cleverly decides to emphasise the characterisations of the Queen and of her Highland servant, rather than to try and create something that historians can argue over... Of course it's all speculative, but both Judi Dench and Billy Connolly excel here at building an honest, and ultimately loving friendshi...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• assassination
• england
• scotland
• widow
• queen
• prince
• victorian england
• royalty
• 19th century
• british monarchy