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The Abdication is a 1974 British historical drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Peter Finch and Liv Ullmann. The film's score was composed by Nino Rota. It tells a fictionalized version of the rumored love affair between Christina, Queen of Sweden and Cardinal Decio Azzolino during the former's stay in Rome after abdicating her throne.
Plot
After abdicating her throne and converting to Catholicism, Queen Christina arrives in Rome, where Cardinal Azzolino is appointed to evaluate her and to help her to adapt to life in Rome. They fall in love, but after the Pope's death, Azzolino rejects her to re-embrace his position in the church.
Cast
Peter Finch as Azzolino
Liv Ullmann as Queen Christina
Cyril Cusack as Oxenstierna
Paul Rogers as Altieri
Graham Crowden as Barberini
Michael Dunn as The Dwarf
Kathleen Byron as Queen Mother
Lewis Fiander as Dominic
Harold Goldblatt as Pinamonti
Tony Steedman as Carranza
Noel Trevarthen as Ginetti
Richard Cornish as Charles
James Faulkner as Magnus
Ania Marson as Ebba
Franz Drago as Birgito
Suzanne Huddart as Young Christina
Debbie Nicholson as Young Ebba
Edward Underdown as Christina's Father
See also
List of British films of 1974
References
External links
The Abdication at IMDb
The Abdication at the British Film Institute
The Abdication at the TCM Movie Database
The Abdication at Letterboxd
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- Liv Ullmann
- Wallis Simpson
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- Marie Louise dari Parma
- Lena Farugia
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- Abdication of Edward VIII
- Edward's abdication
- Mary, Queen of Scots
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- Edward II of England
- Abdication of Napoleon
- Abdication of Margrethe II
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