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Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when she鈥檚 forced to leave Vienna to marry the Dauphin of France. But how will she react to the complex rules of etiquette in Versailles?
Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when she鈥檚 forced to leave Vienna to marry the Dauphin, the heir to the French throne. She must produce a Bourbon heir to secure the alliance between France and Austria, but she is as unprepared for her job as her awkward teenage husband. How will this free spirit react to Versailles, with its complex rules of etiquette?
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Marie meets her royal fianc茅
Duration: 02:02
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Marie Antoinette | Emilia Sch眉le |
| Louis XV | James Purefoy |
| The Dauphin | Louis Cunningham |
| Count of Provence | Jack Archer |
| Princess of Lamballe | Jasmine Blackborow |
| Victoire de France | Caroline Piette |
| Adelaide de France | Crystal Shepherd-Cross |
| Count of Mercy | Nathan Willcocks |
| Director | Pete Travis |
| Writer | Deborah Davis |
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