The Abdication

The Abdication
Directed byAnthony Harvey
Screenplay byRuth Wolff
Based onRuth Wolff
(based on her play)
Produced byJames Cresson
Robert Fryer
StarringPeter Finch
Liv Ullmann
CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth
Edited byJohn Bloom
Music byNino Rota
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
A Robert Fryer-James Cresson Production
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • 5 December 1974 (1974-12-5) (UK)
  • October 3, 1974 (1974-10-3) (USA)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[1] 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.

  1. ^ "The Abdication". www.tcm.com. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

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