---
title: 'Mary, Queen of Scots (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Thomas Imbach'
released: '2013-08-14'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mary-queen-of-scots-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1555069/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mary, Queen of Scots (2013)

2013 · 120 min · Drama · France, Switzerland

Original title: Mary Queen of Scots

## Synopsis

Mary Queen of Scots is a 2013 Swiss period drama directed and co-written by Thomas Imbach. It is his first film in the English and French languages, starring the bilingual French actress Camille Rutherford. The film portrays the inner life of Mary, the Queen of Scotland. The film is based on the Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig's 1935 biography, Mary Stuart, a long-term bestseller in Germany and France but out of print in the UK and the US for decades until 2010. The film was first screened at the 2013 International Film Festival Locarno and was later shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Thomas Imbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-imbach)
- **Screenplay:** [Thomas Imbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-imbach), [Stefan Zweig](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-zweig), [Andrea Štaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-staka), [Archduke Eduard of Austria](https://cinepixo.com/people/archduke-eduard-of-austria)
- **Producer:** [Thomas Imbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-imbach), [Andrea Štaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-staka), [Émilie Blézat](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilie-blezat), [Sibylle Sarah Imbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/sibylle-sarah-imbach)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sofia Gubaidulina](https://cinepixo.com/people/sofia-gubaidulina)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rainer Klausmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-klausmann)
- **Editor:** [Tom La Belle](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-la-belle)

## Cast

- [Sean Biggerstaff](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-biggerstaff) as James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
- [Ian Hanmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-hanmore) as Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven
- [Tony Curran](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curran) as John Knox
- [Bruno Todeschini](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-todeschini) as Philibert du Croc
- [Roxane Duran](https://cinepixo.com/people/roxane-duran) as Mary Seton
- [Milan Peschel](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-peschel) as Lord
- [Ryan Fletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryan-fletcher) as Farmer
- [Joana Preiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/joana-preiss) as Mary of Lorraine
- [Siegfried Terpoorten](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-terpoorten) as Lord
- [Camille Rutherford](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-rutherford) as Mary, Queen of Scots
- [Pénélope-Rose Lévèque](https://cinepixo.com/people/penelope-rose-leveque) as Mary Livingstone
- [Anne Downie](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-downie) as Scottish Farmer
- [Edward Hogg](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-hogg) as James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
- [Stefan Eicher](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-eicher) as Henry II of France
- [Gaia Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaia-weiss) as Mary Fleming

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Official site: http://www.maryqueenofscots-movie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mary-queen-of-scots-2013
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