A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Costume
Five thousand feathers and not one happy marriage.
Acting
Ralph Fiennes makes emotional constipation an art form.
Production
Georgian England so lavish you'll smell the wig powder.
Director
Saul Dibb
Keira Knightley
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Ralph Fiennes
Duke of Devonshire
Charlotte Rampling
Lady Spencer
Dominic Cooper
Charles Grey
Hayley Atwell
Bess Foster
Simon McBurney
Charles Fox
Aidan McArdle
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
John Shrapnel
General Grey
Alistair Petrie
Heaton
Patrick Godfrey
Dr. Neville
Michael Medwin
Speechmaker
Justin Edwards
Macaroni
Richard McCabe
Sir James Hare
Calvin A. Dean
Devonshire House Servant (as Calvin Dean)
Hannah Stokely
Devonshire House Maid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Georgiana was Princess Diana's great-great-great-great aunt. The film deliberately echoes this—Keira Knightley even studied Diana's interviews. Both women married cold aristocrats, suffered public humiliation, and used glamour as armor.
The famous 'hair with ship' portrait required a 4-foot wooden ship in Knightley's actual wig. She couldn't sit down for hours. Method acting is one thing; this was method hairdressing.
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