The Girl King (2015)

6.2/10 106 min Drama History Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Timo Torikka

Père Viogué

Jarmo Mäkinen

The General

Janina Berman

Abortion Nurse

Samuli Edelmann

King Gustav II Adolf

Mikko Kouki

Aide de Camp

Mikko Leppilampi

Count Magnus de la Gardie

Ville Virtanen

Doctor Van Wullen

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