Details

Release year: 2011

Storyline

The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.

Top credits

Directors

Madonna

Writers

Cast

Abbie Cornish — Wally Winthrop
James D'Arcy — Edward
Andrea Riseborough — Wallis Simpson
Oscar Isaac — Evgeni

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• Fashion house Christian Dior recreated three dresses for this film that it had previously made for the real Wallis Simpson.

• Wallis Simpson was a patron of the Paris couture house of Madeleine Vionnet in the 1930's. Her original orders are still held in the company's archives, and recreations of four of those gowns were made by the fashion house for this film.

• The jeweler Cartier made ten recreation of Wallis Simpson's jewels for the film, including her emerald engagement ring and the famous panther ring. While filming in Nice, another of these recreations, the cross bracelet, got dropped in the surf and was lost. The other pieces were returned to Cartier after filming and destroyed so as not to devalue the original, authentic pieces.