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A Queen dowager, Dowager Queen or Queen mother (compare: Princess dowager, Dowager Princess, or Princess mother) is a title or status generally held by the widow of a deceased king. In the case of the widow of a deceased emperor, the title of empress dowager is used. Its full meaning is clear from the two words from which it is composed: queen indicates someone who served as queen consort (i.e., wife of a king), while dowager indicates a widow who holds the title from her deceased husband. (A queen who rules in her own right and not due to marriage to a king is a queen regnant.)
A queen mother is a particular type of queen dowager who is simultaneously a former queen consort and the mother of the current monarch. Therefore, every queen mother is by definition also a queen dowager. However, not all queen dowagers are queen mothers; they may have a relation other than mother to the reigning monarch, such as aunt or grandmother. For example, Mary, Queen of Scots was queen dowager of France after the death of her husband Francis II, to whom she bore no children. Similarly, Queen Adelaide was queen dowager after her husband William IV was succeeded by his niece Victoria.
Actors: Richard Ng (actor), Samuel West (actor), Ilan Eshkeri (composer), Richard Bradley (producer), Tom Wu (actor), Bill Locke (producer), Vincent Wong (actor), James Pax (actor), Nic Young (director), Nic Young (writer), Lucy van Beek (producer), Simon Greenwood (editor), Hi Ching (actor), Tony Tang (actor), Ji Wang (actress),
Genres: Documentary, Drama,Actors: Jonas Karlsson (actor), Iben Hjejle (actress), Tomas Bolme (actor), Brasse Brännström (actor), Louise Brattberg (editor), Kicki Ilander (costume designer), Magnus Roosmann (actor), Simon Norrthon (actor), Jonas Uddenmyr (actor), Mathias Henrikson (actor), Leif Magnusson (miscellaneous crew), Hans Wigren (actor), Harald Lönnbro (actor), Caisa Westling (producer), Marcus Olsson (director),
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,Actors: Bengt Blomgren (actor), Per Oscarsson (actor), John Melin (actor), Hugo Björne (actor), Åke Claesson (actor), Sven Holmberg (actor), Tor Isedal (actor), Stig Järrel (actor), Karl Erik Flens (actor), Ingvar Kjellson (actor), Jarl Kulle (actor), Arne Källerud (actor), Torsten Lilliecrona (actor), Jan-Eric Lindquist (actor), Erik Strandmark (actor),
Plot: The movie starts with a silent section of slapsticks in BLUE and white and with piano music, giving an outline of Karin's rise and fall. The rest is normal B&W; movie. Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal policy supporting the people and supported by it. But in relation to the nobility the king oscillates between provocative strength and unpredictable weakness. Göran arranges that some very powerful noblemen are killed. Subsequently the king tries to have them convicted of high treason by the parliament. He forgets the manuscript, mixes up all facts, and the noblemen are acquitted. But Göran speedily gathers another parliament and has them convicted. Meanwhile Erik apologises because of the unjust murders. Hence Erik is dethroned and imprisoned. Göran is executed. Karin is restricted to a castle in Finland. In the prison Erik believes that he is still the king and gives the guards presents such as all fishes in the Baltic Sea.
Keywords: based-on-play, dethronement, execution, high-treason, king, mental-illness, murder, queen, slapstick