The Young Victoria is a 2009 British film based around the accession to the throne and early reign of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and her marriage to Prince Albert.

It stars Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson, and Jim Broadbent.

The film is produced by Graham King, Martin Scorsese, Sarah, Duchess of York, and Tim Headington. The world premiere was held at the Electric Palace in Bridport, Dorset in South West England, United Kingdom.

It is scheduled to be released in limited markets in the US on December 18th, 2009.

Production
Scenes set at Westminster Abbey were filmed at Lincoln Cathedral in September and October 2007, with some scenes already filmed at Blenheim Palace from 23-24 August 2007, Arundel Castle, West Sussex, Wilton House near Salisbury, Wiltshire and Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire.

Plot synopsis
The film is a romantic dramatisation of some of the events preceding and following the coronation of Queen Victoria, focusing on her early reign and romance with Prince Albert in the 1830s.

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Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée

Produced by
Martin Scorsese
Graham King
Sarah, Duchess of York

Written by Julian Fellowes

Principal cast
* Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria
* Rupert Friend as Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Miranda Richardson as Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent
* Mark Strong as Sir John Conroy
* Jim Broadbent as King William IV
* Harriet Walter as Queen Adelaide
* Paul Bettany as William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
* Thomas Kretschmann as King Leopold I of Belgium
* Jeanette Hain as Baroness Louise Lehzen
* Julian Glover as Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
* Michael Maloney as Sir Robert Peel
* Michiel Huisman as Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis as Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
* Liam Scott as Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
* Dave A. Hewitt as Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk
* Danny Dalton as the Prince of Prussia
* Sophie Roberts as Lady Emma Portman
* Rachael Stirling as Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
* Roddy Weaver as William IV’s Chief Footman
* Princess Beatrice of York as a lady-in-waiting.

Music by Ilan Eshkeri
Cinematography Hagen Bogdanski
Editing by: Jill Bilcock, Matt Garner
Distributed by: Momentum Pictures (UK), Apparition (US)
Release date(s): 6 March 2009 (UK), 18 December 2009 (US)
Running time 104 mins
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Language English
Budget £20 million

Official Website: www.theyoungvictoriamovie.com