The duchess [DVD videorecording] / Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films presents in association with Pathé Renn Productions and BIM Distribuzione ; Qwerty Films ; Magnolia Mae Films ; produced by Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; directed by Saul Dibb.

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Title :

The duchess

Format:

DVD

Summary:

Widescreen. Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marrital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal. Now she must face an agonizing choice between her hopeless but passionate love affair or her responsibilities as a duchess.

Language:

English

French

Spanish

Language Note:

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Audience:

MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material.

ISBN - ISSN:

1415745889

UPC/EAN:

097363531944

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Title from container.

Based on the book "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" by Amanda Foreman.

Special features: Featurettes.

Subject:

Married women -- England -- Drama.

Adultery -- England -- Drama.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- England -- Drama.

Scandals -- England -- Drama.

Duchies -- England -- Drama.

Marriages of royalty and nobility -- England -- Drama.

Mujeres casadas -- Inglaterra -- Teatro.

Adulterio -- Inglaterra -- Teatro.

Married women -- Great Britain -- Drama.

Adultery -- Great Britain -- Drama.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.

Scandals -- Great Britain -- Drama.

Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837 -- Drama.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Motion pictures, British.

Foreign films.

Fiction films.

Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1806 -- Drama.

Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811 -- Drama.

Foreman, Amanda, 1968- -- Film adaptations.

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Director Saul Dibb takes the helm for this period drama adapted from Amanda Foreman's best-selling novel Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, documenting the romantic entanglements of Georgiana Cavendish (Keira Knightley), a beautiful and clever woman who becomes a celebrity of British high society when she marries the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes) and becomes consort to one of the most powerful men in England. Beloved for her trend-setting fashion designs as well as her political activism, Georgiana's fire and wit make her a beloved figure everywhere but her own home, where her cold and distant husband's control over her is stifling, soon sending her into the arms of a another man -- an act that soon forces her to learn about the brutal difference in the rights afforded to 18th century men and women. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi