Margrete: Queen of the North

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Margrete: Queen of the North

2021

2h 0m

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The year is 1402. Margrete has achieved what no man has managed before. She has gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union, which she single- handedly rules through her young, adopted son, Erik. The union is beset by enemies, however, and Margrete is therefore planning a marriage between Erik and an English princess. An alliance with England should secure the union's status as an emerging European power but a breathtaking conspiracy is under way that can tear Margrete and all she believes in apart.

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David Stratton

The Australian

Dec 3, 2022

4/5

Margrete Queen of the North is a superbly mounted drama set in a variety of Scandinavian countries at the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Nov 30, 2022

4/5

It’s a big, dark, roiling cauldron of politics and emotion, and satisfying as all that -- even if a lot of it is speculation.

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Phuong Le

Guardian

Mar 7, 2022

3/5

While the plot is at times overstuffed with palace intrigues, this piercing character study carries a contemporary poignancy, as it encapsulates the difficult choices a female leader has to make in a world bounded by patriarchal control.

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

Sep 24, 2024

3/5

Margrete is played with an affecting blend of regality and fragility by the ever-reliable Dyrholm.

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Lee Zumpe

Tampa Bay Newspapers

Oct 31, 2023

In addition to all the warranted praise Sieling will receive for epic storytelling, she deserves credit for bringing awareness and appreciation of Margrete’s reign to an international audience.

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Jane Freebury

The Canberra Times (Australia)

Dec 9, 2022

4/5

Inspired by history but occasionally bogged down in the facts, attention to detail and weighty tone are enlivened by the central performance

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Alan L

@RT88721363 Nov 22, 2025

Great acting, design and camera-work. They change the historical facts to make the story more dramatic but hey, we know that BBC News does that all the time. Just accept that this happens.

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DONNERS D

@DONNERS835 Aug 11, 2025

Thought it was a marvellous film with great cast. Very dramatic theme testing a mother’s love. Superbly filmed and well worth a watch 👍

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Patrick N

@RT85791611 Nov 18, 2024

There are hardly any good films set in this period of time, this has changed my view of what's possible. The back and forth over Oluf becomes slightly repetitive towards the end but that takes little away from the level of acting and building of tension throughout.

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Mike W

@MikeW269 Jun 7, 2023

I enjoyed the historical aspect of the movie, knowing little of Scandinavia's past, and even searched Pomerania plus other topics brought up during the viewing.

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Avindu G

@RT86379654 Feb 11, 2023

Selfless sacrifice is what makes this world work and it's beauty is admired well inside this story. Plot was steady and uncompromising. Great performances by the cast and especially by Trine Dyrholm making the watch truly worthwhile. Reimagining of the ancient monarchy and society was done smoothly. Instead of painting the history in black the movie stand bold as an appreciation of the Scandinavian literature. A fitting use of visual effects with beautiful scenery. Producing this movie inspired by this tense folk tale was productive and a great find. Don't see a reason for retelling the story of Fake Oluf any sooner.

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julie h

@RT90786843 Dec 31, 2022

Hair styles 10/10 (love that intricate plaiting and looping around the ears on the queen). Jewellery 9/10. Furs 8/10. Unfortunately plot 4/10. It beggars belief that a formidable queen would dither about whether some broken down character is her son, supposedly killed 15 years back, and thereby cause political chaos in the Scandinavian union she so cleverly put together.

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Charlotte Sieling

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Trine Dyrholm

Margrete den første

Søren Malling

Peder

Morten Hee Andersen

Erik

Jakob Oftebro

Oluf

Simon J. Berger

Jakob Nilsson

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Synopsis

The year is 1402. Margrete has achieved what no man has managed before. She has gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union, which she single- handedly rules through her young, adopted son, Erik. The union is beset by enemies, however, and Margrete is therefore planning a marriage between Erik and an English princess. An alliance with England should secure the union's status as an emerging European power but a breathtaking conspiracy is under way that can tear Margrete and all she believes in apart.

Director: Charlotte Sieling
Producer: Lars Bredo Rahbek, Birgitte Skov
Screenwriter: Jesper Fink, Maya Ilsøe, Charlotte Sieling
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Norsk Filminstitutt, Det Danske Filminstitut, Augustinus Fonden, TV2 Danmark, Eurimages, Carlsbergfondet, Dronning Margrete og Prins Henriks Fond, Polish Film Institute, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Film i Väst, Filmkameratene A/S, Truenorth Productions, Czech Film Fund, Icelandic Film Center, Sirena Film, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, A.P. Møller Fonden, SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: Danish
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 17, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 17, 2021
Runtime: 2h 0m

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