
Queen Christina(1934)
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.


A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

Malin Buska
Kristina

Sarah Gadon
Countess Ebba Sparre

Michael Nyqvist
Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna

Lucas Bryant
Count Johan Oxenstierna

Laura Birn
Countess Erika Erksein

Hippolyte Girardot
Ambassador Pierre Hector Chanut

Peter Lohmeyer
Bishop of Stockholm

François Arnaud
Karl Gustav Kasimir

Patrick Bauchau
René Descartes

Martina Gedeck
Maria Eleonora
The Girl King is a drama, history, romance film released in 2015 exploring themes of marriage proposal, strong woman, queen, sweden, political negotiations, forbidden love. Directed by Mika Kaurismäki, it stars Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist. A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
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