The Duchess

The Duchess (2008) is a historical drama you can watch online on iFILM, starring Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish — one of the most talked-about women in eighteenth-century London and a figure the press of her era could not look away from.

She married the Duke of Devonshire for position and he married her for an heir. Ralph Fiennes plays the Duke with the impassive authority of a man who sees nothing unusual in keeping his mistress in the family house. Georgiana campaigns for the Whig Party, dictates fashion across the capital, runs up gambling debts that terrify her, and falls in love with a man she cannot have. Hayley Atwell and Charlotte Rampling round out a cast that turns every drawing room scene into a negotiation of power.

Director Saul Dibb adapted Amanda Foreman's prize-winning biography from 1998. The film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Stream The Duchess (2008) online on iFILM.