A Royal Affair - BLU-RAY

A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between the ever more insane Danish King Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard), the royal physician who is a man of enlightenment and idealism Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen) and the young but strong Queen Caroline Mathilda (Alicia Vikander), a ROYAL AFFAIR is the gripping tale of brave idealists who risk everything in their pursuit of freedom for their people Above all it is the story of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.

Michael Lawson (David Corenswet) is a young and ambitious Washington, D.C. player trying to work his way into the presidential campaign of Senator John Baines (David James Elliott). After sleeping with Baines' wife (Mimi Rogers) and blackmailing an adviser (Adrian Grenier), Lawson may find he's made one dangerous political move too many when he begins an affair with the senator's beautiful daughter, Darcy (Grace Victoria Cox). With Thora Birch, Faye Grant. 97 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; Subtitles English (SDH), Spanish; deleted scenes; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

In Joseph Losey's stirring anti-war film, a tough, no-nonsense British Army lawyer (Dick Bogarde) is assigned to defend a lowly private (Tom Courtenay) at his court martial. The private has been accused of desertion during battle. The lawyer, Captain Hargreaves is convinced this young man should fry. However, as the trial progresses and the strain of three horrible years endured at the Allied front is revealed, the more he is compelled to spare the youth from a firing squad. Winner of the British Academy Award for Best Picture of 1964. Courtenay won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival.