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The Girl King

Name: The Girl King
Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 2015-12-11
Cast: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant, Laura Birn

DramaHistoryRomance

A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

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Malin BuskaSarah GadonMichael NyqvistLucas BryantLaura BirnHippolyte GirardotPeter LohmeyerFrançois ArnaudPatrick BauchauMartina GedeckTimo TorikkaJarmo Mäkinen

Director

Mika Kaurismäki

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