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Knightley will play the 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire.

The film is based on Amanda Foreman's best-selling biography of the royal, who has been called the Princess Diana of her period.

Her extravagant and promiscuous life was said to be full of intrigue and romance, with the duchess becoming a powerbroker but also running up huge gambling debts.

Movie information

Release Date (USA): 2008-09-19
Rating (USA): PG-13
Release Date (UK): 2008-09-05
Rating (UK) : PG
Director: -
Producer: Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana
Studio: Pathé Pictures International
Writer/s: Jeffrey Hatcher (screenplay) and Amanda Foreman (novel)

Cast

Keira Knightley
Ralph Fiennes
Charlotte Rampling
Dominic Cooper
Hayley Atwell

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