The Abdication (1974)
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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.… More 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. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Anthony Harvey
- Genres
- Drama
PG,
- Studio
- Warner Bros
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Cast
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Liv Ullmann
as Queen Christina
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Peter Finch
as Cardinal Azzolino
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Cyril Cusack
as Oxenstierna
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Graham Crowden
as Cardinal Barberini
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Paul Rogers
as Altieri
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Kathleen Byron
as Queen Mother
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Michael Dunn (I)
as The Dwarf
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James Faulkner
as Magnus
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Harold Goldblatt
as Pinamonti
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Tony Steedman
as Carranza
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Edward Underdown
as Christina's Father
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Ania Marson
as Ebba Sparre
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Richard Cornish
as Charles
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Daragh O'Malley
as Sgt. Patrick Harper
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Lewis Fiander
as Father Dominic
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Noel Travarthen
as Ginetti
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Franz Drago
as Birgito
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Suzanne Huddart
as Young Christina
- Michael Dunn
