Actor(s): Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, James Callis, Diana Rigg, Patrick Malahide
Director(s): John Erman
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
Language(s): English, Spanish
EAN: 9780767041300
ISBN: 0767041305
Studio: A&E Home Video
Movie Description
Recasting history as a particularly lavish soap opera, Victoria and Albert sets the story of the relationship between the queen and her consort against a background of family strife and political wrangling. Sticklers for accuracy might be disappointed, but the strong cast and lavish production values make for an entertaining film.
Victoria is barely 18 when her uncle King William IV dies. She is introduced by the family adviser to a young German prince called Albert, and in spite of their initial indifference to one another and a great deal of political opposition, they fall in love. Marriage brings its own problems, however, and as Victoria, grows from an inexperienced young woman into a shrewd and powerful monarch Albert struggles to find a role for himself in both the family and the nation.
The relationship between Victoria and Albert was a remarkable one and this film, while occasionally erring on the side of sentiment, brings that relationship to life. The young leads are charming, but it is the supporting cast of British acting stalwarts--including Nigel Hawthorne, David Suchet, and Diana Rigg--who make Victoria and Albert truly worth watching. --Simon Leake
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 10/30/2001 Run time: 200 minutes Rating: Nr
"Disc #2 would not play on our blueray/DVD player!! dont know how to fix or exchange it."
Written By: Suzann Hansen
The Disc #2 would not play on our blueray/dvd player and I am very disappointed. Since it was shipped from Canada via Amazon, I do not know how to resolve the problem.
"A&E's "Victoria and Albert""
Written By: Susan
As much as I have read about Victoria and Albert, I found this 2001 A&E production to be interesting and historically informative, made all the more enjoyable with superb acting by Nigel Hawthorne, Diana Rigg, David Suchet and Peter Ustinov. But I simply could not "connect" with the casting of Victoria Hamilton as Queen Victoria (brown eyes?), or with Jonathan Firth as Prince Albert. Each time I saw their characters, I couldn't help imagining it was was a younger Connie Francis and Richard Chamberlain playing Victoria and Albert. Immediately afterwards I had to watch "The Young Victoria" to remind myself how much more charming and believeable Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend were in their portrayals of Victoria and Albert. Now if it were possible to substitute/transport Blunt and Friend into A&E's more comprehensive production of "Victoria & Albert", that would be perfection!
"Victoria and Albert DVD Review"
Written By: Joseph T. Vanseeters
This mini-series was very good. The period costumes were excellent and the acting was good as well. It gives a fairly accurate representation of Queen Victoria's younger days when meeting Prince Albert.
"Victoria and Albert"
Written By: Ms. D. Goonasekera
The story of Victoria and Albert relationship developing over the years is told so well.From first meetings to marriage and the adjustment of Albert as a man to wait for his duties to evolve overtime.It is so sad how tragic Albert's early death had on a young Quenn Victoria and for the effect of Albert's death on the rest of Victoria's reign. A True love story.
"A Very True Account Of Their Lives"
Written By: Diana Pitcher
Before I saw the movie I knew a little about Victoria and Albert,then afterwards I went back and read my history book on the Royals and was pleasently surprised as to how accurate the movie was...the only differance between the book and the movie that I noticed was that Victoria did not like her children very much even though she loved Albert...then as they got older she became fond of them....one scene in the movie I especially liked is when Albert and Victoria had a huge diagreememt over the care of one of the children and the woman who was Victoria's nanny when she was little.... disagreed with Albert... and Victoria took the nanny's side over Alberts he storms from the room and goes back to the bedroom and locks the door,she storms after him, and when she found the door locked she knocked... he asked ...who is it...she said....Its the QUEEN....he refused to open the door, she started to walk away then turned back and softly knocked this time, and he softly answered... who is it and she says .....its your wife he was firm but very loving with her...he told her when it comes to the children he is speaking to her as their father not as her consort.I am glad I got this movie I absolutely love it.It was well acted by every one,very entertaining,another thing I liked was she got rid of her nanny she made her leave and any one who tried to come between her and Albert she did the same,this movie is worth every penny.
"Disc #2 would not play on our blueray/DVD player!! dont know how to fix or exchange it."
"Victoria and Albert"
