Watch A Royal Affair
- R
- 2012
- 2 hr 17 min
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7.5 (51,655)
A Royal Affair 2012 movie. Royal affair. When I think of this title it takes me back to royal palaces. Stories of royalty are very interesting. They stem from some types of ancient traditions. A Royal Affair is a 2012 drama - movie that was acted in 2012. The main characters are Mark Mikkelsen, Alicia Vekander and Mikkle Folsguaad. It is directed by Nikolaj Arcel. The story line is about an 18th century movie. It talks about a mentally ill king and the romance of his Queen with the King's royal physician or medical doctor.
Caroline Matilda is the name of the royal court queen. She is a very young queen but very strong. She wanted to be loved. And the kind of love she needed could not be given by the king who was had a mental illness. Aside of age differences which was a very large margin, the king's illness brought about hardship the young queen Caroline Matilda.
The royal physician, was a very handsome man. Not only that he was a man who was well educated and has attended good school and colleges. He was very enlightened. His charms took the young queen unawares. Queen Caroline Matilda could not resist him at all. They first began with hide and seek. After a while, they could not have enough of themselves. Finally, the young queen could not bear it any longer. Her emotions were a wreck. She wanted out at all cost. The story thrills.
It also tells us how the queen of the royal court brought herself down and had an affair inside the royal court in those days with the royal physician. It was very disappointing to the maids and servants at the court. Their hearts moved out for the king who was being cheated by his queen under his very nose. Gossip and many things transpired in the court. I tell you unfaithfulness was the order of the day. After all the queen was the head of the school of unfaithfulness. She did not even have the time to attend to her sick husband's need any longer. All she wanted was to be with the royal physician, Struensee. It was a royal disgrace.
This movie competed in an Oscar award and won.
A Royal Affair is a 2012 drama with a runtime of 2 hours and 17 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.5 and a MetaScore of 73.