This story begins in the 18th century with the Duchess of Devonshire called Georgina after a bustling life filled with a set of traditions, social norms and the world of protocols. The girl may pay for it after she has entered into a failed marriage and must confront these personal conflicts from her disastrous life with her husband's mistress and the love of a young political man. She is a girl who may rise to fame, money and power but will pay for it to no avail.
1960, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1970, Dublin, Ireland
5 February 1946, Sturmer, Essex, England, UK
2 June 1978, Greenwich, London, England, UK
10 October 1924, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1981, Westminster, London, England, UK
15 October 2001, London, England, UK
17 October 1978, Esher, Surrey, England, UK
26 March 1985, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
5 April 1982, London, England, UK
September 29, 2016
Keira wears a series of gorgeous frocks and runs through her full repertoire of smirks and simpers... But if you can look past the dresses and the sullen lips, then you have to admit that [she] delivers another solid performance.October 18, 2008
It chronicles the saga of a vibrant and forward-thinking woman hampered by the constraints of a rigid society.October 18, 2008
It's disturbingly shallow, focused so tightly on one woman's feelings of repression and loneliness that it lacks any perspective on their causes.November 07, 2008
This is a wonderful film.October 09, 2008
The Duchess is clearly Knightley's movie, ultimately rising or falling on her performance. She's up to the task, capturing both the charm and grace that made Georgiana so captivating.February 09, 2009
Everything you'd expect it to be: a well-acted British period piece with lavish attention to period detail, about discontented characters in a royal family. And that's about it.January 24, 2009
At its simplest, it's a gorgeous film with beautiful period costumes and intricate set designs. However, something tells me that's not the level director Saul Dibb wanted to achieve greatest on.March 05, 2009
a refreshing look at British royalty, and it will curb your want to be part of that era, age and societal levelOctober 09, 2009
The Duchess doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is: a comfortable, low-calorie morsel of historical drama.January 06, 2009
Knightley and Cooper don't ever generate much in the way of chemistry.November 07, 2008
There's something really special about Kiera Knightly in these period pieces.September 26, 2008
Fiennes, an actor who disappears into roles like ice in a teacup, makes the Duke a complex and almost sympathetic figure, a bulky, unappealing man whose interests are in all the wrong things.