Top Billed Cast

Keira Knightley
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Ralph Fiennes
Duke of Devonshire
Charlotte Rampling
Lady Spencer
Dominic Cooper
Charles Grey
Hayley Atwell
Bess Foster
Simon McBurney
Charles Fox
Aidan McArdle
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
John Shrapnel
General Grey
Alistair Petrie
Heaton
Patrick Godfrey
Dr. Neville
Michael Medwin
Speechmaker
Justin Edwards
Macaroni
Richard McCabe
Sir James Hare
Calvin A. Dean
Devonshire House Servant (as Calvin Dean)
Hannah Stokely
Devonshire House Maid
Andrew Armour
Burleigh
Emily Jewell
Nanny
Bruce Mackinnon
Sir Peter Teazle
Georgia King
Lady Teazle
Luke Norris
Footman
Eva Hrela
Charlotte (Age 3)
Poppy Wigglesworth
Charlotte (Age 9)
Emily Cohen
Harryo
Mercy Fiennes Tiffin
Little G
Sebastian Applewhite
Augustus
Angus McEwan
Lord Robert
Kate Burdette
Lady Harriet
Laura Stevely
Lady Elizabeth
Benjamin Noble
Lord Ambrose (as Ben Garlick)
Max Bennett
Lord Walter
Camilla Arfwedson
Lady Charlotte
Fiona Sheehan
Young Girl in Theatre
Sarah Wyatt
Servant Girl
Thomas Arnold
Dealer
Gilbert Wynne
Althorpe Servant
Richard Curzon
Heaton's Clerk
Sophia Johnston
Guest at Lady Melbourne's Ball
Katerina Tana
Guest at Lady Melbourne's Ball
Clive Pearse
Narrator (voice)

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Sat Jun 18 2022

**A good period film, visually magnificent, but with several flaws from the point of view of accuracy and historical rigor.** Georgiana Cavendish, born Spencer, was one of the most interesting, remarkable and charismatic personalities in British society at the end of the 18th century. She made an enviable marriage, for the period, by marrying the 5th Duke of Devonshire, one of the richest and most powerful British peers. However, they had nothing in common: the duke was a man of few words and saw marriage as a means to an end: to have a legitimate male heir. Georgiana, on the other hand, was...