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Directed by | Anthony Harvey |
Screenplay by | Ruth Wolff |
Based on | Ruth Wolff (based on her play) |
Produced by | James Cresson Robert Fryer |
Starring | Peter Finch Liv Ullmann |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
Edited by | John Bloom |
Music by | Nino Rota |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | A Robert Fryer-James Cresson Production |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.