| The Abdication | |
| Director: | Anthony Harvey |
| Producer: | James Cresson Robert Fryer |
| Screenplay: | Ruth Wolff |
| Based On: | Ruth Wolff (based on her play) |
| Starring: | Peter Finch Liv Ullmann |
| Music: | Nino Rota |
| Cinematography: | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Editing: | John Bloom |
| Color Process: | Technicolor |
| Studio: | A Robert Fryer-James Cresson Production |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. |
| Runtime: | 103 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The Abdication is a 1974 British historical drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Peter Finch and Liv Ullmann. The film's score was composed by Nino Rota.[1] It tells a fictionalized version of the rumored love affair between Christina, Queen of Sweden and Cardinal Decio Azzolino during the former's stay in Rome after abdicating her throne.
After abdicating her throne and converting to Catholicism, Queen Christina arrives in Rome, where Cardinal Azzolino is appointed to evaluate her and to help her to adapt to life in Rome. They fall in love, but after the Pope's death, Azzolino rejects her to re-embrace his position in the church.[2]