The Young Victoria
Love rules all.
Overview
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.
Backdrop
Available Languages
English
US
Title:
"Love rules all."
Pусский
RU
Title: Молодая Виктория
"«Она правила миллионами, но ее сердце принадлежало единственному мужчине.»"
Italiano
IT
Title:
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Português
PT
Title: A Jovem Vitória
"Ela foi a Rainha de um Império, mas o seu coração pertenceu a um só homem."
Deutsch
DE
Title: Victoria, die junge Königin
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Français
FR
Title: Victoria : Les Jeunes Années d'une reine
"L'amour règne sur tout."
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Reviews
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.
Oscar Awards
Wins
COSTUME DESIGN - 2009
Sandy Powell
Nominations
ART DIRECTION - 2009
Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray
MAKEUP - 2009
Jon Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore