History Film / ARoyalAffair

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Caroline]] seems to cross this after she learns of [[spoiler: Struensee's death]].

* YourCheatingHeart: As stated in the title, a big chunk of the film revolves around Caroline's affair with Struensee. Christian also has many affairs, primarily with prostitutes.

* ManipulativeBitch: The Queen Dowager.

* StarCrossedLovers: Caroline and Struensee. She's a [[InterclassRomance princess, trapped in her marriage to Christian, whilst he's the royal physician and her husband's advisor]]. It doesn't end well for either of them.

'''''A Royal Affair''''' (original Danish title '''''En kongelig affæreis''''')is a 2012 historical drama film, directed by Nikolaj Arcel and starring Creator/AliciaVikander, Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Mikkel Følsgaard.

'''''A Royal Affair''''' (original Danish title '''''En kongelig affæreis''''')is a 2012 historical drama film, directed by Nikolaj Arcel and starring Creator/AliciaVikander, Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Mikkel Følsgaard. Set in eighteenth century Denmark and BasedOnATrueStory, the film revolves around the love affair between the liberal reformist Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mikkelsen), royal physician to King Christian VII of Denmark (Følsgaard), and Christian's wife, Queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (Vikander), and their attempts to bring reform into Denmark to improve the lives of the people. However, Christian's other advisors don't take too kindly to a foreign doctor attempting to curb their power and set out to stop him and Caroline, at all costs.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Christian is almost certainly suffering from one.
* AristocratsAreEvil: The Privy Council seem to play this straight. Averted by Queen Caroline.

* {{Jerkass}}: Christian. He's a sadistic, immature, spoiled brat who treats his wife horribly. However, he's heavily implied to have mental health issues which are not properly understood or treated, and he is continually manipulated or undermined by his stepmother and the Privy Council, arguably making him more of a JerkassWoobie.

* HopeSpot: The very end, where Caroline's lady in waiting smuggles Caroline's final letter to her children. [[spoiler: The afterword and history bears out that it gets better.]]

** Caroline is [[spoiler: permanently separated from her children and told of her the death of her lover in a letter, whilst living in exile]].

* ColdBloodedTorture: We see the aftermath of this on a poor Danish peasant, after being punished by his master. It's one of many things Struensee tries to outlaw in Denmark.

* CostumePorn: Won a Satellite Award for Best Costume Design.
* DanceOfRomance: Struensee and Caroline have one at a royal ball, complete with gazing into each other's eyes in slow motion. It's implied this is truly when they realise they are in love.

* KickTheDog: Christian has several moments. this includes:

** Physically attacking, then banishing his wife's only friend from court, out of jealousy.

* ManipulativeBitch: The Queen Dowager

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film is pretty accurate for the most part, but a few inconsistencies include Struensee speaking Danish all the time (he actually spoke mostly German, barely being able to speak Danish, which further alienated from the Danish court) and the letter Caroline [[spoiler: has smuggled to her children, revealing the truth behind her affair and her daughter's parentage]], which probably didn't happen and could actually have proved disastrous for Princess Louise Auguste if it had fallen into the wrong hands. However, it is generally accepted as fact that [[spoiler: Struensee probably was Louise Auguste's real father]], which lots of people at the time seemed to believe too.

* ForegoneConclusion: The opening scene (or anyone familiar with Danish history) let's the viewer know this story is ''not'' going to have a happy ending.

* TheHedonist: Christian

* PuppetKing: Christian effectively becomes this to Struensee (though Struensee's intentions are benevolent - he wants to use christian's power to bring Enlightenment reforms into Denmark to free the people).
* QuestionableConsent: Caroline ad Christian's wedding night. She's clearly uncomfortable, even pushing him away and saying no at one point, but feels it's her duty, especially after her mother told her that if she can get the king into her bed on the first night, she'll be seen as "a great success".

* SympatheticAdulterer: Caroline is treated very sympathetically - her marriage to christian is miserable and loveless and Christian treats her poorly, whilst Struensee treats her as an equal and loves her.

* OscarBait: PeriodPiece? Check. A tragic love story, set against the backdrop of political reform and political intrigue? Check. BasedOnATrueStory? Check. Angst? You bet.

* AgeLift: Johann Struensee. In real life, he was in his early thirties when he began an affair with Caroline and [[spoiler: died at the age 34). Here, he's played by Creator/MadsMikkelsen, who was in his late forties at the time.

'''''A Royal Affair''''' (original Danish title '''''En kongelig affæreis''''')is a 2012 historical drama film, directed by Nikolaj Arcel and starring Creator/AliciaVikander, Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Mikkel Følsgaard. Set in eighteenth century Denmark and BasedOnATrueStory, the film revolves around the love affair between the liberal reformist Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mikkelsen), royal physician to King Christian VII of Denmark (Følsgaard), and Christian's wife, Queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, and their attempts to bring reform into Denmark to improve the lives of the people. However, Christian's other advisors don't take too kindly to a foreign doctor attempting to curb their power and set out to stop him and Caroline, at all costs.

'''''A Royal Affair''''' is a 2012 historical drama film, directed by Nikolaj Arcel and starring Creator/AliciaVikander, Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Mikkel Følsgaard. Set in eighteenth century Denmark and BasedOnATrueStory, the film revolves around the love affair between the liberal reformist Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mikkelsen), royal physician to King Christian VII of Denmark (Følsgaard), and Christian's wife, Queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, and their attempts to bring reform into Denmark to improve the lives of the people. However, Christian's other advisors don't take too kindly to a foreign doctor attempting to curb their power and set out to stop him and Caroline, at all costs.

* DanceofRomance: Struensee and Caroline have one at a royal ball, complete with gazing into each other's eyes in slow motion. It's implied this is truly when they realise they are in love.

* IceQueen: Caroline comes across as this (double points for being an actually queen) due to becoming miserable and bitter about her disastrous marriage to Christian. She [[DefrostingIceQueen starts to thaw]] once she meets Struensee.

* {{Jerkass}}: Christian. He's a sadistic, immature, spoiled brat who treats his wife horribly, but he's heavily implied to have mental health issues which are not properly understood or treated and he is continually manipulated or undermined by his stepmother and the Privy Council, arguably making him more of a JerkassWoobie.

** Physically attacking, then banishing his wife's only friend, from court out of jealousy.

* AdultFear: Caroline and Christian fear for the life of their infant son when a smallpox epidemic sweeps the city.

* AdultFear: Caroline and Christian fear for the life of their son when a smallpox

* AuthorityInNameOnly: It quickly becomes obvious that Christian in this. However, he starts exercising his power more with help from Struensee.

* Jerkass: Christian. He's a sadistic, immature, spoiled brat who treats his wife horribly, but he's heavily implied to have mental health issues which are not properly understood or treated and he is continually manipulated or undermined by his stepmother and the Privy Council, arguably making him more of a JerkassWoobie.

* JerkassWoobie: Arguably Christian. He's an immature, irresponsible brat who treats his wife horribly, but he's heavily implied to have mental health issues which are not properly understood or treated and he is continually manipulated or undermined by his stepmother and the Privy Council.

* YourCheatingHeart: As stated in the title, a big chunk of the film revolves around Caroline's affair with Struensee. Christian also has many affairs, primarily with prostitutes.

''''A Royal Affair''''' is a 2012 historical drama film, directed by Nikolaj Arcel and starring Creator/AliciaVikander, Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Mikkel Følsgaard. Set in eighteenth century Denmark and BasedOnATrueStory, the film revolves around the love affair between the liberal reformist Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mikkelsen), royal physician to King Christian VII of Denmark (Følsgaard), and Christian's wife, Queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, and their attempts to bring reform into Denmark to improve the lives of the people. However, Christian's other advisors don't take too kindly to a foreign doctor attempting to curb their power and set out to stop him and Caroline, at all costs.