The Queen
Our Leaders. Ourselves.
2006 | 103m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Stephen Frears |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Peter Morgan |
| Staring: |
| The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 15, 2006 |
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| Director: | Stephen Frears |
| Writer: | Peter Morgan |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | great britain, loss of loved one, queen, headline, palace, biography, deer, 1990s, british monarchy, princess diana, dying and death, upper class, sadness, paparazzi, monarchy, royal family, based on true story, british prime minister, british royal family, westminster abbey |
| Production Companies | BiM Distribuzione, Granada Productions, Pathé Renn Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $123,384,128
Budget: $15,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Helen Mirren | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom |
| Michael Sheen | Tony Blair |
| James Cromwell | Philip of Edinburgh |
| Helen McCrory | Cherie Blair |
| Alex Jennings | Charles III of the United Kingdom |
| Roger Allam | Robin Janvrin |
| Sylvia Syms | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
| Paul Barrett | Trevor Rees-Jones |
| Tim McMullan | Stephen Lamport |
| Douglas Reith | Lord Airlie |
| Mark Bazeley | Alastair Campbell |
| Robin Soans | Equerry |
| Lola Peploe | Janvrin's Secretary |
| Joyce Henderson | Balmoral Maid |
| Pat Laffan | Head Ghillie |
| Amanda Hadingue | Queen's Dresser |
| John McGlynn | Balmoral Head Ghillie |
| Gray O'Brien | Charles' Valet |
| Dolina MacLennan | Balmoral Switchboard Operator |
| Julian Firth | Blair's Aide |
| Earl Cameron | Portrait Artist |
| Elliot Levey | TV Director |
| Anthony Debaeck | Catholic Priest |
| Wolfgang Pissors | German Reporter |
| Xavier Castano | French Bodyguard |
| Khanya Mkangisa |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Affonso Beato | Director of Photography |
| Lucia Zucchetti | Editor |
| Stephen Frears | Director |
| Alan MacDonald | Production Design |
| Franck Schwarz | Art Direction, Assistant Art Director |
| Rebecca Cole | Hairstylist, Makeup & Hair |
| Frédéric Vallet | Stunts |
| Pani Scott | Visual Effects Editor, First Assistant Editor |
| Penny Dyer | Dialect Coach |
| Penny Eyles | Script Supervisor |
| Stuart Renfrew | Assistant Director |
| Brian Tufano | Thanks |
| Zoë Edwards | Production Coordinator |
| Bobby Damone | Clapper Loader |
| Brendan Donnison | ADR Voice Casting |
| Carole Cattrini | Dresser, Seamstress |
| Campbell Brand | Pilot |
| Kerry Gill-Pryde | Researcher |
| Tim Critchell | Grip |
| Laura Rushton | Costume Assistant |
| Stacy Crago | Floor Runner |
| Andrew McBean | Electrician |
| Jeremy Burnage | Production Coordinator |
| Guy Sherbourne | Focus Puller |
| Dulcie Scott | Costume Supervisor |
| Simon Fawcett | Finance |
| Katherine Tibbetts | Travel Coordinator |
| Martin Guena | Floor Runner |
| Simon Tindall | Camera Operator |
| Adam Morris | Floor Runner |
| Jon Saunders | Generator Operator |
| Christopher Bradshaw | Wardrobe Master |
| Warren Ewen | Rigging Gaffer |
| Joséphine Gracia | Dresser |
| Cathy Dutheil | Production Secretary |
| Peter Bathurst | Clapper Loader |
| Matt Cole | Camera Trainee |
| Antoine Lienhard | Gaffer |
| Abdel Sahraoui | Production Assistant |
| Christian Langlois | Camera Trainee |
| Tina Jones | Set Decoration |
| Leo Davis | Casting |
| Alastair Rae | Steadicam Operator |
| Peter Wenham | Supervising Art Director |
| Daniel Phillips | Makeup Designer |
| Vanessa Baker | Casting, ADR Voice Casting |
| Alistair Hopkins | Post Production Supervisor |
| Terry Jarvis | Wigmaker |
| Tony Lewis | Music Editor |
| Philippe Houdart | Camera Operator |
| Matt Jones | Unit Manager |
| Tapio Salmi | Makeup Supervisor |
| Adrian McCarthy | Grip |
| Sylvie Serodon | Costume Assistant |
| Joelle Cugny | Craft Service |
| Sylvain Marques | Production Assistant |
| Emma Edwards | Assistant Camera |
| Laurie Sparham | Still Photographer |
| Farid Arahb | Floor Runner |
| Jon Duncan | Production Accountant |
| Alain Herpe | Focus Puller |
| Steve Tickner | Camera Operator |
| Guy Guermouh | Generator Operator |
| Kerry Smith | Assistant Accountant |
| Jonathan Midlane | Floor Runner |
| Vince Madden | Electrician |
| Tracy O'Riordan | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Celina Radwanski | Floor Runner |
| Mohand Pagtagzirt | Unit Medic |
| Christophe Pigeon | Electrician |
| Marion Audier | Craft Service |
| Frank Sheekey | Electrician |
| Frédéric Blochet | Grip |
| Adam Dale | Aerial Camera |
| Lissy Holm | Casting Assistant |
| Tim Desbois | Aerial Coordinator |
| Kate Hudson | Unit Publicist |
| Chaz Lyon | Clapper Loader |
| Mike Parsons | Electrician |
| Philippe Lapicque | Key Grip |
| Charlie Woodburn | Aerial Camera Technician |
| Henry Landgrebe | Clapper Loader |
| Robert Rabson | Electrician |
| Nigel Egerton | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Jonathan Scott | Production Coordinator |
| Dean Kennedy | Electrician |
| Simon Baker | Steadicam Operator |
| Hallam Rice-Edwards | Production Assistant |
| Andy Long | Gaffer |
| Gary Donoghue | Rigging Gaffer |
| Izet Kutlovac | Electrician |
| Paul Cronin | Generator Operator |
| James Hamilton | Foley Recordist |
| Katie Driscoll | Assistant Art Director |
| Leigh Chesters | Carpenter |
| Graham Stickley | Dressing Prop |
| James Bennett | ADR Recordist |
| Barry Arnold | Dressing Prop |
| Eugene Grobler | Electrician |
| Roger Subharwel | Generator Operator |
| Lara Davis | Production Assistant |
| Jan Fleischer | Story Editor |
| Russell Diamond | Grip |
| Luke Cairns | Camera Trainee |
| Sébastien Franchault | Grip |
| Tory Lenosky | Production Runner |
| Barry McCulloch | Electrician |
| Chris Treble | Foley Editor |
| Fredrik Nordbeck | Title Designer |
| Sophia Chowdhury | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Peter Hasler | Dressing Prop |
| Asa Shoul | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Adam Laschinger | Boom Operator |
| Roddy Dolan | Dressing Prop |
| Paul Davies | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Gwyneth Binyon | Art Department Assistant |
| Bruce Bigg | Property Master |
| Jonathan Downing | Dressing Prop |
| Gary Dawson | Dressing Prop |
| Jack Gillies | ADR Editor |
| Peter Lindsay | Sound Mixer |
| Mark Nelmes | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Gerald Dale | Dressing Prop |
| Marc Parazon | Cableman |
| Brian Neighbour | Construction Manager |
| Graham Dale | Dressing Prop |
| Marcus Alexander | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Les Hall | Carpenter |
| Paul Carr | ADR Mixer |
| Will Coubrough | Art Department Assistant |
| Allen J. Polley | Property Master |
| Keith Marriner | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Steve Breheney | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Jack Garwood | Dressing Prop |
| Benoit Cisilkiewick | Set Dresser |
| Jan Hogevold | Production Executive |
| Tim Alban | Foley Supervisor |
| Graham Chalk | Dressing Prop |
| Eddie Wolstencroft | Standby Painter |
| Jo Hawthorne | Carpenter |
| Douglas Regan | Painter |
| Chris Andrews | Negative Cutter |
| Adrian Rhodes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jaynie Miller | Post Production Coordinator |
| Danny Hambrook | Sound Mixer |
| Charles Howell | Visual Effects Producer |
| Mike Fleming | Dressing Prop |
| Michael Weaver | Painter |
| Perry Bell | Painter |
| Andy Cole | Electrician |
| Elaine Ford | Stunt Double, Stunt Coordinator |
| Francis Auguy | Stunt Driver |
| Tim Monroe | Standby Art Director |
| Evan Green-Hughes | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Ray Rose | Dressing Prop |
| Kelly Smith | Negative Cutter |
| Shane Harford | Dressing Prop |
| Temple Clark | Storyboard Artist |
| Richard Davey | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Gilles Laboulandine | Construction Manager |
| Paul Humbles | Dressing Prop |
| Nathan Duncan | Boom Operator |
| Paul Smith | Carpenter |
| Matthew Neave | Sculptor |
| Scott Pritchard | Digital Compositor |
| Paul Turner | Dressing Prop |
| Travis Porter | Digital Compositor |
| Matthew Broderick | Dressing Prop |
| Darko Mocilnikar | Boom Operator |
| Cristina Puente | Compositor |
| Olivier Foucher | Carpenter |
| Matthew Start | Painter |
| Ian Cunningham | Assistant Editor |
| Peter Gleaves | ADR Mixer |
| Patricia Llaguno | Digital Compositor |
| Jean-François Juvanon | Painter |
| John O'Connor | Carpenter |
| Robert Jones | Property Buyer |
| Josh Rappaport | Post Production Coordinator |
| Kerry Downing | Visual Effects Editor |
| Chris Sturmer | Dolby Consultant |
| Donna Smith | Visual Effects Editor |
| Gary Ixer | Dressing Prop |
| Helen Bunker | Digital Compositor |
| Charlie Gaynor | Standby Carpenter |
| David Bishop | Stunt Double |
| Mark Hopkins | Floor Runner |
| Alexandre Desplat | Original Music Composer |
| Consolata Boyle | Costume Design |
| Tracey Ullman | Thanks |
| Joss Crowley | Production Runner |
| Felipe Reinheimer | Steadicam Operator |
| Anna Bertmark | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Christian Bonnichon | Stunt Coordinator |
| Ben Smith | Art Direction |
| Peter Morgan | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Christine Langan | Producer |
| Scott Rudin | Executive Producer |
| Andy Harries | Producer |
| Tracey Seaward | Producer |
| Cameron McCracken | Executive Producer |
| François Ivernel | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Helen Mirren | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Helen Mirren | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Michael Sheen | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Stephen Frears | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Peter O'Toole | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Helen Mirren | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Jim Broadbent | Won |
| SAG Awards | Best Actress | Helen Mirren | Won |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Director | Stephen Frears | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Actor | Michael Sheen | Nominated |
Popularity History
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Geronimo1967
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I'm not sure if Stephen Frears was really just trying to kick-start the Tony Blair fan club when he made this highly speculative and frankly rather unkind feature about how Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) - and, to an extent, her family - dealt with the aftermath of the death of the divorced Princ ... ess of Wales in Paris. Mr Blair (Michael Shannon) has only just been elected and together with his pretty openly hostile (to the monarchy) wife Cherie (Helen McCrory) heads to the palace for his appointment audience. When the tragedy does ensue, the Royal Family are at Balmoral in Aberdeenshire and the remainder of this film - intercut with occassional news actuality - postulates on just how the relationship between the prime minister and his Sovereign might have played out in the face of the growing and totally irrational public outpourings of grief and frustrations following the accident. Mirren and Shannon are both on great form here and even if the former is more of a mimic than an actress with this part, she still imbues enough characterisation for us to accept the plausibility that this might just have been the response of the actual Queen Elizabeth. It's beautifully shot and it was nice to see Sylvia Syms on screen again, albeit briefly and again, rather unsympathetically. I can't help but wonder how much of this has become the gospel in many people's eyes as to just how things did happen back in 1997. Somehow, I very much doubt it - but it's interesting to watch nonetheless.
Sep 03, 2023