| The Duchess | |
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| Directed by | Saul Dibb |
| Screenplay by | Jeffrey Hatcher Anders Thomas Jensen Saul Dibb |
| Based on | Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman |
| Produced by | Gabrielle Tana Michael Kuhn |
| Starring | Keira Knightley Ralph Fiennes Charlotte Rampling Dominic Cooper Hayley Atwell Simon McBurney Aidan McArdle John Shrapnel |
| Cinematography | Gyula Pados |
| Edited by | Masahiro Hirakubo |
| Music by | Rachel Portman |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Pathé Distribution (France and United Kingdom) BIM Distribuzione (Italy) Paramount Vantage (United States) |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £13.5 million[2] |
| Box office | $43.3 million |
The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. She was a distant relation of Diana, Princess of Wales, where the quote "There were three people in her marriage" in the promotional poster comes from. The Duchess was the older sister of Lady Diana's great-great-great-grandfather, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.
The Duchess was released on 5 September 2008 in the United Kingdom. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It won the Best Costume Design and was nominated for Best Art Direction at the 81st Academy Awards.
- ^ a b c "The Duchess (2008)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Gritten, David (16 August 2008). "On-set report: The Duchess"". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2020.