Film based on the book "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" by Amanda Foreman.

Special features of this DVD: widescreen presentation ; How far she went-- making The Duchess ; Georgiana in her own words ; Costume diary ; scene selection.

Director of photography, Gyula Pados ; editor, Masahiro Hirakubo ; music, Rachel Portman.

Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney.

Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal. Now she must face an agonizing choice between her hopeless but passionate love affair or her responsibilities as a duchess.

MPAA rating: PG-13 : for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material.

DVD.

Audio tracks in English, dubbed French and dubbed Spanish ; subtitled in English, French and Spanish ; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Academy Award; Best Costume Design.