Eighteenth century social butterfly Georgiana Spencer is encouraged by her mother to marry the brutish Duke of Devonshire. The nobleman urgently needs a male heir and Georgiana must carry out her duties as a woman to ensure the continuation of the Duke's proud bloodline. When his wife fails to deliver on her end of the bargain, the Duke takes a mistress, Bess, driving poor Georgiana ever closer to her one true love, Charles Grey, the ambitious protege of Whig Party leader Charles Fox.
Director Saul Dibb (Bullet Boy) ventures confidently into the realms of lavish costume drama with this well upholstered adaptation of Amanda Foreman's best-selling biography Georgiana, Duchess Of Devonshire.
The Duchess is impeccably tailored, dazzling the eyes with Michael Carlin's meticulous production design, Michael O'Connor's resplendent costumes and Jan Archibald's voluminous, cascading wigs.
Director of photography Guyla Pados atones for the sins of Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction by capturing the pomp and pageantry of mid 18th century high society in all its glory, shooting on location in the picturesque surroundings of Somerset House in London and Holkham Hall in Norfolk.
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