The Abdication

Director: Anthony Harvey Anthony Harvey

Overview

In this historical drama based on actual events, Sweden's Queen Christina (Liv Ullmann) decides in 1654 to give up her throne in order to embrace Catholicism. However, as she studies the faith, she falls in love with Cardinal Azzolino (Peter Finch), a cleric being considered for the papacy. Greta Garbo previously played the same abdicating monarch in the film Queen Christina. Michael Dunn, who plays the dwarf in The Abdication, died during production, and several of his scenes had to be shot with another actor doubling for him.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/23/2009
UPC:	0883316125472
Original Release:	1974
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Sales rank:	50,435

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Liv Ullmann	Queen Christina
Peter Finch	Cardinal Azzolino
Cyril Cusack	Oxenstierna
Paul Rogers	Altieri
Graham Crowden	Cardinal Barberini
Michael Dunn	The Dwarf
Kathleen Byron	Queen Mother
Lewis Fiander	Father Dominic
Harold Goldblatt	Pinamonti
Tony Steedman	Carranza
Noel Trevarthen	Ginetti
Richard Cornish	Charles
James Faulkner	Magnus
Ania Marson	Ebba
Franz Drago	Birgito
Suzanne Huddart	Young Christina
Debbie Nicholson	Young Ebba
Edward Underdown	Christina's Father
Noel Travarthen	Ginetti
Daragh O'Malley	Sgt. Patrick Harper
Nino Rota	Composer

Technical Credits

Ruth Solff

Ruth Wolff

James Cresson	Producer
Robert Fryer	Producer
Anthony Harvey	Director
Ruth Solff	Screenwriter
Ruth Wolff	Screenwriter
Simon Kaye	Sound/Sound Designer