Movie Cosmos - The Young Victoria

Description:

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.

Top Cast >

Emily Blunt

As Queen Victoria

Rupert Friend

As Prince Albert

Paul Bettany

As Lord Melbourne

Miranda Richardson

As Duchess of Kent

Jim Broadbent

As King William IV

Thomas Kretschmann

As King Leopold

Mark Strong

As Sir John Conroy

Jesper Christensen

As Baron Stockmar

Harriet Walter

As Queen Adelaide

Jeanette Hain

As Baroness Lehzen

Michiel Huisman

As Ernest

Rachael Stirling

As Duchess of Sutherland

Julian Glover

As Duke of Wellington

Michael Maloney

As Sir Robert Peel

Genevieve O'Reilly

As Lady Flora Hastings

Morven Christie

As Watson

Tom Fisher

As Lord Chamberlain

David Horovitch

As Sir James Clark

Michaela Brooks

As Young Victoria (age 11)

Grace Smith

As Young Victoria (age 5)

Shaun Dingwall

As Footman

Malcolm Sinclair

As Charles Kemble

Josef Altin

As Edward Oxford

Bernard Lloyd

As Archbishop of Canterbury

David Robb

As Whig Member

Tom Brooke

As Man on Soap Box

Jo Hartley

As Landlady

Rowley Irlam

As Footman

Princess Beatrice

As Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

John Pirkis

As Earl of Derby (as Johnnie Lyne-Perkis)

Mark Southworth

As Falling Bishop

Leonard Woodcock

As Pedestrian

Top Crew >

Jean-Marc Vallée

Director

Martin Scorsese

Producer

Jill Bilcock

Editor

Sandy Powell

Costume Design

Matt Garner

Editor

Sarah Ferguson

Producer

Hagen Bogdanski

Director of Photography

Tim Headington

Producer

Julian Fellowes

Writer

Graham King

Producer

Ilan Eshkeri

Original Music Composer

Caridad Angus

Stand In

Chris Lowe

Art Direction

Yvonne Duckett

Costume Supervisor

Maggie Gray

Set Decoration

Susie Figgis

Casting

Alexandra Walker

Art Direction

Paul Inglis

Supervising Art Director

Arvo Pärt

Additional Soundtrack

Jenny Shircore

Hairstylist, Makeup & Hair

Robert Messinger

Thanks

Stephen McLaughlin

Music Producer, Scoring Mixer

Jon Henry Gordon

Hairstylist

Patrice Vermette

Production Design

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

Historically - as far as the cinema is concerned - Queen Victoria was born well into her seventies. Rarely has anyone tried to depict her early years and sadly, this is a rather shallow attempt so to do. Emily Blunt portrays the Queen with some fortitude but the rather soppy performances from Rupert Friend and Paul Bettany don't give us anything like a proper comprehension of the struggle she had, as a (young) woman, to establish herself at the head of an empire riddled with chauvinism, ambition and pomposity. Miranda Richardson as her mother takes up some of the slack in this lacklustre effort with the occasional, wise, contribution from Harriet Walter as the dowager Queen Adelaide welcome too. If it is a love story, then it just about works - anything else is just too far out of reach.

2024-06-01