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Margrete: Queen of the North

1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: The Kalmar Union.

Release Date : 2021-09-16

Language :EnglishDanishGermanNorwegianSwedish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : SF StudiosFilmkameratene

Production Country : DenmarkNorwayPolandSweden

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Cast

Character Name : Queen Margrete

Original Name : Trine Dyrholm

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peder

Original Name : Søren Malling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man from Graudenz

Original Name : Jakob Oftebro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Erik

Original Name : Morten Hee Andersen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jacob Nilsson

Original Name : Simon J. Berger

Gender : Male

Character Name : William Bourcier

Original Name : Paul Blackthorne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raberlin

Original Name : Richard Sammel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jens Due

Original Name : Thomas W. Gabrielsson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johan Sparre

Original Name : Magnus Krepper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Malin

Original Name : Annika Hallin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sigrid

Original Name : Tinna Hrafnsdóttir

Gender : Female

Character Name : Asle Jonsson

Original Name : Bjørn Floberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hildur

Original Name : Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elvar Sigurdsson

Original Name : Per Kjerstad

Gender : Male

Character Name : Astrid

Original Name : Agnes Westerlund Rase

Gender : Female

Character Name : Roar

Original Name : Linus Nilsson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Folmer Jakobsen Lunge

Original Name : Joen Højerslev

Gender : Male

Character Name : Philippa

Original Name : Diana Martinová

Gender : Male

Character Name : Margrete (8)

Original Name : Nicole Rosney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bourcier's Interpreter

Original Name : Ole Niemann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Valdemar Atterdag

Original Name : Pavel Myslík

Gender : Male

Character Name : Herald

Original Name : Curtis Matthew

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Priest

Original Name : Rostislav Pastorek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stable Boy

Original Name : Ondřej Macek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady-in-Waiting

Original Name : Mathilde Wedell Wedellsborg

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-11-03

With the Kalmar Union still in it's infancy, Queen Margrete (Trine Dyrholm) is trying to keep the Danes, Swedes and Norwegians aligned under the nominal kingship of her adopted son Erik (Morten Hee Andersen) in the face of the increasing fear of aggression from the neighbouring Germans. This task is suddenly made much more difficult when a pretender to his throne is unveiled. This gent (Jakob Oftebro) claims to be the son of the queen, and though she certainly had a son it was thought that he had been murdered many years earlier. The Norwegians are quick to support this new claim, but she is less inclined to panic and/or to execute summary justice - and that rouses suspicions about the stranger's true identity amidst the nobles and manages to antagonise her adopted son who has no intention of surrendering his throne. Adding to the pressures building on the Queen, Erik is set to marry the daughter of King Henry IV of England to cement a relationship that could help guarantee everyone's safety - but will the English want their royal dynasty married into the wrong family? Gradually, we all realise that there has been quite a degree of conspiring and lying going on for many years that spreads right to the heart of not just the kingdom, but to an influential church that cannot be guaranteed to do the right thing if it's not in it's own interests. This is quite a well produced and paced historical drama that illustrates quite engagingly the difficulties faced by anyone in holding together this loose confederation of warring nations. The fact that she was a woman doesn't appear to have inhibited her power, indeed her guile and shrewdness appear to have been quite well respected by those who appreciated her goals for unity and peace. To that end Dyrholm delivers competently, as does Søren Malling as the duplicitous priest and a solid supporting cast. It's perhaps a little verbose and also a little tame at times, but it's a period of history that is interesting to discover more about as the viking nations emerged from their raping and pillaging phase into something altogether more cohesive and important in the grand scheme of European politics. It's worth a watch if you're interested in (theatrical) Nordic history.