The Girl King
DramaHistoryRomancemarriage proposalstrong womanqueenswedenpolitical negotiationsforbidden lovedutyheir to the thronesexismbased on true storyunrequited lovelove interest
A historical drama about a brilliant, unconventional queen navigating the collision between personal desire and political duty in 17th-century Sweden.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
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
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