Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction

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Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
Directed by Bille August
Written by Anders August
Produced by Marcella Dichmann
Starring Alice Bier Zandén
Mikkel Følsgaard
Sidse Babett Knudsen
CinematographyJan Pallesen
Edited byBiel Andrés
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Music byAnnette Focks
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
14 September 2023
Running time
1 hour 34 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction is a 2023 Danish romantic comedy period drama written by Anders August and directed by his father Bille August. It is based on the novel Ehrengard (1963) by Isak Dinesen.

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Plot

In the fictional kingdom of Babenhausen, the artist Cazotte is hired by the Grand Duchess to help her son, Prince Lothar, marry and produce an heir. The plan backfires when Prince Lothar and Princess Ludmilla conceive a child several months before their wedding. The Prince and Princess go into hiding at Rosenbad, accompanied by Ehrengard, as lady-in-waiting, and Cazotte. While the Grand Duke's cousins, the Marbods, try to discover what is going on, Cazotte attempts to woo Ehrengard. After an unsuccesful attempt by the Marbods to kidnap the baby, Ehrengard protects the Princess and the real truth of the matter by telling the Marbods that she is the mother of the child. In the end, Cazotte reveals his better-known identity as Casanova.

Cast

Production

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark designed 51 costumes for the film, as well as 81 decoupages that made up the basis for the sets. She is credited as set and costume designer, [1] [2] but was not paid by the production companies for her contributions.

The film project was developed for over a decade by Jacob Jørgensen and JJ Film. Anders August ("The Marco Effect") wrote the screenplay adapted from Ehrengard (1963), a novel by Isak Dinesen. [3]

Marcella Dichmann from SF Studios and Netflix were involved in production, with Netflix also serving as distributor. Bille August directed the film. [4]

Release

The film was released on Netflix on 14 September 2023. [5]

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