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Like her direct descendent Princess Diana, Georgina Duchess of Devonshire was a glamorous royal, much loved by the public. While her attractiveness and charm afforded her popularity, the intelligent and vulnerable Duchess was trapped within a loveless marriage to one of the country's richest men. Rebelling against the .. Read more

Starring	Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Charlotte Rampling
Director	Saul Dibb
Genres	Drama

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The Duchess
- 08 Sep 2008
1774. Outside, Georgiana (Keira Knightley) is cavorting with young men and women her own age (late teens), while inside, her mother finalizes an arrangement with the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes), one of the wealthiest men in England. Her mother calls her in. She is to be married to the Duke, she tells her. Georgiana is astonished and delighted. “He loves me?!” she marvels, as if that had anything to do with it. She will learn better in due course. Sex: “it can be a... Read more
Madonna exhausted by W.E. costume plans
- 05 May 2010
Style icon Madonna is growing increasingly nervous about the fashion in her upcoming drama W.E., insisting it will be "pretty daunting" to outfit all her characters in lavish period costumes. The story features flashbacks to the love affair between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson - the Duke and Duchess of Windsor after he abdicated the throne of England - in the 1920s and 1930s. The singer co-wrote the film and will be in the director's chair when shooting begins this summer (10), and she has... Read more
Fiennes splits from longterm love
- 09 Jan 2011
Filmmaker Martha Fiennes has split from her longterm partner, cinematographer George Tiffin, after over 20 years together. The Onegin director, who is the sister of actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, has three children with Tiffin - including son, Hero, who starred in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and daughter, Mercy, who starred alongside Keira Knightley in The Duchess. Last year (10), Fiennes admitted she "would love to get married", but Tiffin was strongly against the idea. Now the... Read more
Knightley stars in quirky art house film for free
- 19 Apr 2010
Keira Knightley has waived her usual multi-million dollar movie fee to star in a bizarre low-budget art film, which will be shown at an exhibition in London next month (May10). The Duchess star, who can command pay cheques of up to £3.5 million, agreed to appear in artist Stuart Pearson Wright's new 10-minute feature for free. The film - made for £15,000 and filmed at an English country estate - shows Knightley wearing a huge wig and an Elizabethan costume, battling to find her lover Read more
Knightley cloned for new movie
- 03 Mar 2009
Keira Knightley will be cloned for her next big screen role in a science fiction thriller. Director Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go will pit Knightley opposite actors Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan, whose characters grow up in a boarding school with no contact or knowledge of the outside world until they discover they are clones grown for the sole purpose of organ donation. The thriller is a more futuristic adventure for Knightley, who bound herself in petticoats and corsets for the Pirates Read more

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  After PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and ATONEMENT, Keira Knightley continues her reign as the queen of the period film with this 18th-century costume drama. The corset-clad actress stars as Georgiana Spenser, the Duchess of Devonshire. With her marriage to the duke (Ralph Fiennes), Georgiana achieves an ...

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  Like her direct descendent Princess Diana, Georgina Duchess of Devonshire was a glamorous royal, much loved by the public. While her attractiveness and charm afforded her popularity, the intelligent and vulnerable Duchess was trapped within a loveless marriage to one of the country's richest men. ...