While The Duchess treads the now-familiar terrain of the corset-ripper, the costumes look great and Keira Knightley's performance is stellar in this subtly feminist, period drama.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Saul Dibb -
Producer -
Gabrielle Tana , Michael Kuhn -
Screenwriter -
Jeffrey Hatcher , Anders Thomas Jensen , Saul Dibb -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures -
Production Co -
Magnolia Mae , Pathé , Paramount Vantage , Qwerty Films , BBC Films -
Rating -
PG-13 (Sexual Content|Brief Nudity|Thematic Material) -
Genre -
History , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 19, 2008, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jun 15, 2011 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$13.8M -
Runtime -
1h 49m